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as in blindfold
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as in provincial
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Recent Examples of blindfolded
March 22, 2025 Video footage verified by The New York Times appeared to show a fighter from Bara Ibn Malik, an Islamist militia that fights alongside the military, thrashing eight blindfolded men with a hose about 10 miles from the city center.
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Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Ballal said he was handcuffed, blindfolded and beaten while detained in a military facility.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The soldiers left him blindfolded and handcuffed throughout [the] military base last night.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Per Adra, soldiers subsequently took Ballal, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his home into a military vehicle.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Ballal said he was handcuffed, blindfolded and beaten while detained in a military facility.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The soldiers left him blindfolded and handcuffed throughout [the] military base last night.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Per Adra, soldiers subsequently took Ballal, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his home into a military vehicle.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
Adjective
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Lamb and provincial wildlife biologist Sean O’Donovan show off one new electric-fenced yard in a former conflict hot spot a few miles outside Fernie.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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One person recently retired after 25 years at a provincial phone company.—
Karen Fonseth,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Our heroine is Devon (Meghann Fahy), a hot mess from Buffalo who has arrived on a rich and insular Martha’s Vineyard-eque island in search of her younger sister Simone (Milly Alcock).—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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Business history is littered with failures rooted in the suppression of dissenting views: Swissair’s board became increasingly insular and overconfident before the airline's collapse in 2002.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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While the show has been dinged since its earliest days for having a blinkered or inaccurate depiction of its Chicago environs, that tends to matter most to critics from Chicago.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
27 July 2024
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It could not be fenced off and become a parochial one now.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Investors might want to be less parochial just as political policy becomes increasingly so.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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At times, some say, the agency has been too hidebound.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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That gives them flexibility and the ability to take risks that can’t be made in more hidebound traditional schools.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Influencers are more reactionary by nature, so we are focused on inviting key journalists.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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And so, amid the noise and smoke of the culture wars, Cobb’s quaintly reactionary act intersected with vituperative Trumpian revanchism, and Cobb became a conservative TV personality.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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This solution reinforced my own experience with what felt like biased and unfair systems.—
Jyoti Jani,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The defense lawyers have accused Proctor of manipulating evidence and conducting a biased investigation.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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The blog post that Trump showed Ramaphosa during the White House meeting was published by American Thinker, a conservative online magazine, about conflict and racial tensions in South Africa and Congo.—
Stephanie Burnett,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Protecting these investments is the conservative, pro-growth and America First approach.—
Zach Colletti,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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