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Recent Examples of blindfolded
While players and viewers alike were unaware of the Secret Traitor’s identity, the three other Traitors received their blindfolded shoulder taps from Cumming designating them as deceivers in the game.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Before Maduro was transported to New York City, President Donald Trump shared a photo on Truth Social of Maduro, blindfolded, aboard the warship.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
President Donald Trump shared a picture of a blindfolded Maduro aboard the warship on Truth Social.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 3 Jan. 2026
The same evening, Hamas fighters guided eight blindfolded men – at least some of them members of Doghmush – to a busy street in the same neighborhood.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2025
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Before Maduro was transported to New York City, President Donald Trump shared a photo on Truth Social of Maduro, blindfolded, aboard the warship.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
President Donald Trump shared a picture of a blindfolded Maduro aboard the warship on Truth Social.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 3 Jan. 2026
The same evening, Hamas fighters guided eight blindfolded men – at least some of them members of Doghmush – to a busy street in the same neighborhood.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
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Last year’s conflict with Israel laid bare weaknesses in Iran’s command structures under pressure, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly becoming increasingly hard to reach and authority devolving to provincial governors.—
Farida Elsebai,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Havana’s streets and all provincial cities are full of trash and waste dumps are overflowing due to the fuel crisis to the point that residents have begun to burn them.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated February 19,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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One of the critical risks to patient privacy is the accidental inclusion of personally identifiable information in what is supposed to be a blinded data payload.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Somehow, this insular, resolutely regional album ended up yet another peak in his storied career.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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In this unforgettable work of literary-fiction, Desiree and Stella leave their insular community to explore the world.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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The former aspires to global, or at least hemispheric, coverage, while the latter is inevitably a little blinkered.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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After presenting a morass of rich themes, Nwosu teases out a small, surprising finale that transcends the blinkered concerns driving her protagonist.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2026
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Could the trajectory of a presidency and a major political party, and perhaps modern American history itself, really trace back to a parochial dispute at a Palm Beach club at the start of this century?—
Tara Palmeri,
Vanity Fair,
12 Feb. 2026
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The maximalism and somewhat uncompromising presumption of a newspaper, with its warren of sections and columns and byways, is a quiet reproach to its audience’s most parochial instincts.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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The nation’s scientific institutions have become hidebound.—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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And while challenges persist, there are already signs that hidebound profligacy is being replaced by newfound autarky.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Dreher is well aware that this reactionary outlook strikes many people as ludicrous.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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On the other hand, Hachette is writing a generous check to the man who just gave reactionary parents the de facto power to ban it.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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But one person familiar with the decisions told Semafor that at least one executive from a company described by the survey had reached out to multiple outlets asking for the pieces to be taken down, arguing that the survey data was faulty and biased.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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As a longtime servant of the Earnshaw and Linton families—and Wuthering Heights' primary narrator—Nelly offers a firsthand but highly biased accounting of the events of the novel.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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