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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
An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant to convey dominance: Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed aboard a U.S. naval vessel.
—Monica Duffy Toft, Fortune, 5 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
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
An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant to convey dominance: Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed aboard a U.S. naval vessel.
—Monica Duffy Toft, Fortune, 5 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
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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The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.—
Shelby Hartman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Eventually, a soldier came and returned my ID, removed the blindfold, untied me, and ordered me to go south immediately.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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An Ontario couple’s pandemic-era home renovation turned into a financial nightmare after ancestral Indigenous remains were discovered on their property, triggering a provincial law that forces homeowners to fund costly archaeological investigations with little hope of relief.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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What the Law Says About Ancient Remains The discovery triggered a process governed by a 2002 provincial law — the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act (FBCSA) — which requires a Burial Site Investigation when remains are found.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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And yet what’s readily apparent is that this weird, fragile, insular family is genuinely keen on folding Tommy into their lives.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Counter to the notion that a focus on caste and community is insular and, therefore, detrimental to business, Jayaraman embraces his heritage with a certain chutzpah and a largesse that makes customers return with their friends and family.—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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At times, Fedorova’s valiantly open-minded kinksters can seem blinkered in their own way.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 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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Any negative pushback in this moment will be interpreted as a small-minded and eminently self-serving response that puts parochial party interests above the interests of the country.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Democrats who opposed the bill, however, said the money would mainly go to private or parochial institutions and is part of the Republican caucus's efforts to direct money into private education.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Feb. 2026
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Trump expresses confidence that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Trump is confident that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an even greater economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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There’s a long tradition of artists and activists using their platforms to take issue with the reactionary politics of their parents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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And Land, in recent years, has reëmerged as one of the most influential reactionary thinkers of our time.—
James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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