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as in blindfold
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as in provincial
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Recent Examples of blindfolded
Weeks later, a video clip of him emerged, blindfolded and disheveled, held at gunpoint by unknown men.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
In the video, he was blindfolded, surrounded by armed men and being led away by his apparent captors on a rocky hillside.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The men in the video have Tice bound and blindfolded.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Contestants will take part in challenges inspired by The Traitors such as the blindfolded selection and strategic missions, with a theater and dates yet to be announced.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
In the video, he was blindfolded, surrounded by armed men and being led away by his apparent captors on a rocky hillside.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The men in the video have Tice bound and blindfolded.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Contestants will take part in challenges inspired by The Traitors such as the blindfolded selection and strategic missions, with a theater and dates yet to be announced.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
Adjective
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The spokesman, Carlos Hernández, said the bodies of 36 men and 15 women had been sent to a provincial morgue set up for the accident.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
10 Feb. 2025
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The plane, which was contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense, crashed in a rice field about half a mile from a cluster of farmhouses, according to Windy Beaty, a provincial disaster mitigation officer.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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So is White taking a superficial approach to Thailand, its traditions and its tragedies, or are his insular characters?—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Piper’s preference for the local culture over her family’s insular wealth evokes Fred Hechinger’s Quinn from that same year, and both Rick and Victoria come across in different ways as stand-ins for Tanya.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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This was a blinkered view of reproductive healthcare rights, however.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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Warren’s blinkered statement provoked a backlash, and rightly so.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
14 Dec. 2024
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This may seem like an impossible task in a world where politics is becoming more divisive, foreign policy more parochial, and social media bubbles more impenetrable.—
Harvey Whitehouse,
WIRED,
23 Jan. 2025
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For more than a century, religious education had been deeply entrenched in the state; in Cleveland, the parochial system was one of the largest in the country.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
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Those fired were not hidebound deep state bureaucrats merely slurping from the federal trough.—
Southern California News Group Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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Belatedly, political classes (and some of Japan’s huge industrial conglomerates) are realizing the economic value, employment potential and soft power impact of a less hidebound and risk-averse film and TV industry.—
Patrick Frater,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Ross exclaimed in a short reactionary clip, mocking 50.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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In this framing, returning the marbles would be reactionary and nationalist; retaining them is progressive and cosmopolitan.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Star found that Black firefighters were less likely to be promoted to higher ranks due to a biased testing system as well as policies that tended to keep Black firefighters from choice assignments in fire stations that could lead to career advancement.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
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Reality check: Musk and some Republicans have said that overhauling the government will save money and root out biased programs.—
Victoria Knight,
Axios,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Cubs’ next moves are expected to be very modest, league sources said, and that conservative outlook includes Tucker, Bregman’s longtime teammate with the Houston Astros.—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Elon Musk is now a father of 13 after allegedly welcoming his latest child with conservative author Ashley St. Clair.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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