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Recent Examples of blindfolded
Vatu took the loss on this challenge, which saw nearly every member of each tribe blindfolded and led through an obstacle course by one non-blindfolded member.
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Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 11 Mar. 2026
In the next frame, the fictional father — bound, blindfolded and kneeling on a muddy battlefield — is approached by a soldier, and shot in the head.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Ballal said he was zip-tied and blindfolded and held for 24 hours at an Israeli army base before being released.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
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Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 11 Mar. 2026
In the next frame, the fictional father — bound, blindfolded and kneeling on a muddy battlefield — is approached by a soldier, and shot in the head.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Ballal said he was zip-tied and blindfolded and held for 24 hours at an Israeli army base before being released.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
Adjective
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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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Mohammadi was moved from prison to intensive care Friday at a hospital in the city of Zanjan, a provincial capital northwest of Tehran.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
2 May 2026
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In the meantime, Vancouver’s mayor, along with FIFA and Concacaf officials, have called for the provincial government in Vancouver to step in in order to prevent a move.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 May 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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Fraternal orders, like the Elks, used these shows to build the insular networks that launched political careers all the way to the White House.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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The narrative follows his life through major events such as World War I and the Great Depression and into the mid-20th century, unfolding in the insular world of academia, where Stoner faces personal and professional struggles with quiet resilience.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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The city’s geographic location insulates it from some of the excesses and blinkered thinking that often dominate other metropolises.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 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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Research shows the disparity between vaccination coverage in private and parochial/religious versus public schools is that private and parochial/religious schools tend to have higher rates of exemptions to vaccinations for moral and religious beliefs.—
Kar-Hai Chu,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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But quietly, the third-year forward had put himself in position for a more parochial reserve reward, one that caught him unaware.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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And while a few of its more hidebound customs can present something of an endurance test—outside of Chicagoland, nobody actually enjoys Take Me Out to the Ball Game—fans would probably riot if MLB managers stopped wearing their team’s uniform.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 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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Among some fraction of liberal voters, however, any concession to the technology’s utility is increasingly regarded as gauche, at best—and, at worst, a sign of reactionary corporate centrism.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The recent fatal accident at LaGuardia International Airport in New York highlighted how reactionary the aviation safety system can be.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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