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as in blinded
lacking the power of sight
our old blind cat kept walking into walls and furniture
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
you'd have to be really blind to think that was a good idea
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as in smoke screen
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Recent Examples of blind
Chris Perugini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
His passing also sheds light on the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in emergency situations, as Sykes, who was born blind and had cerebral palsy, was unable to escape in time.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Laser strikes can temporarily blind pilots or worse in some of the most critical times of a flight—when a plane is near the ground for takeoff or landing.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
According to the Indiana Capital Chronicle, witnesses were only allowed to watch the execution for six minutes before blinds to the viewing room were closed.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Balcones Distillery’s single malt whisky is big and bold in classic Texas fashion, while Virginia Distillery Co. and Cedar Ridge make an ‘old world’ style of single malt that could easily fool a scotch drinker in a blind tasting.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
His passing also sheds light on the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in emergency situations, as Sykes, who was born blind and had cerebral palsy, was unable to escape in time.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
Eagles Quarterback, Jalen Hurts, caused much conversation online after appearing at a post-game press conference wearing a diamond Cuban-link chain with a blinding pendant.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Laser strikes can temporarily blind pilots or worse in some of the most critical times of a flight—when a plane is near the ground for takeoff or landing.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
Of course, the truest form of mobile hunting is deer hunting from the ground from a natural blind.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
According to the Indiana Capital Chronicle, witnesses were only allowed to watch the execution for six minutes before blinds to the viewing room were closed.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blind
Adjective
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Also, since these wines generally do not age well – most are designed to be drunk upon release or within 2 to 3 years – producing enough to meet market demand while keeping a close eye on shifting consumer trends may make good business sense.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The lyrics are threaded with images of a life that’s young, fun, and free: being naked on a beach, flying to Paris on a whim, being drunk at a bar.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Here's a reason to root for each team: One of the game's best (and most likable) stars has dazzled in Philadelphia For the first six years of his career, the running back Saquon Barkley toiled away for the hapless New York Giants.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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But after Brian Dumoulin’s dump-in took a fortuitous hop off the end boards and into the slot, McTavish glided into the puck and dazzled with his dangles, working a frazzled Nedeljkovic out of position to sweep in his ninth goal of 2024-25.—
Andrew Knoll,
Orange County Register,
24 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Simon Berlyn A seating nook can be found just off the den.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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Zuber said telephone nooks can still be considered vintage rather than outdated.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
25 Oct. 2024
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Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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That makes for quick, sightless control of both radio volume and climate temperature.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
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Our new unlucky heroine is terminally ill writer Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), out of the hospital on a day trip to the city when sightless monsters begin falling from the sky.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 June 2024
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Cori Clingman was arrested for alleged negligent manslaughter, homicide as a result of negligent driving and drunken driving and several other counts on Thursday, Jan. 23, per the Star-Tribune.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Shortly before his sentencing hearing, Woods made a drunken suicide attempt on Interstate 55 near Springfield, according to Sangamon County prosecutors.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Legal Challenges Image Legal scholars and immigration advocates said on Tuesday that they were stunned by the breadth of the order.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Director Mohammad Rasoulof tracks social and moral collapse with the kind of unnerving calm and visual precision that made the Iranian New Wave so striking when Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees and Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s A Moment of Innocence first stunned the film world in the 1990s.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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The pup has even been featured in a series of children’s books, appeared on Today and Good Morning America, and was photographed for the covers of several pet magazines, including Animal Wellness Magazine, The WAG, Groomer to Groomer, and FIDO Friendly.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Pretty much the only thing not high-tech on this machine is the bag roll storage, which is just a cavity on the back of the unit with a hinged cover.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Blind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blind. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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