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When I attended pregnancy scans a decade ago, the best the sonographer could do to involve this blind expectant mum was to turn up the volume on the heartbeat.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

It’s no longer possible to turn a blind eye to the horrible places our culture is headed.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

And blind taste tests consistently showed that most people preferred the taste of the No. 2 cola brand, Pepsi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I’m not blind, if there’s something dynamic that might be better, whether he’s hitting second or third, then I’m open to it. But I don’t want to make that decision quite yet.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Percy didn’t remember the old blind man muttering a final curse, but as Phineas dissolved and returned to the Underworld, he probably hadn’t wished Percy a long and happy life.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

I joke that I like to think I can understand when my cat’s meow is asking me to open the bedroom window blinds, which is where her desired bird-watching perch is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Journalists on board reported that they were repeatedly instructed to keep their window blinds down, a "not uncommon" practice McDonald said shows that steps were still being taken to protect the passengers.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Journalists on the old plane out of Ankara were also told to keep their window blinds down -- a step normally reserved for war zones -- furthering suspicions of security concerns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

On sunny days, keep curtains or blinds closed on sun-facing windows.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Someone tall and slim in a black gown is looking out the sliding doors to the patio, parting the vertical blinds to do so.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Spain's Primavera has pulled a blinder, booking three of pop's biggest wavemakers - Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024

Most shooters compete with a blinder on one eye to keep the muscles relaxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

He now values blind loyalty and even blinder sycophancy more than electoral appeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

Green has a reputation for superb gully catches - he took a blinder on Friday - but the controversy over this latest grab caused the biggest talking point over the day.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023

“I may be blinder than any bat, but I got me a government-issue rifle. It was the one my husband, Mr. Hamline, carried when he fought with Captain Lilly’s Eighteenth Indiana Light Artillery at Chicamauga.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Of course he is Ghanaian and the fact that his younger brother Nico is playing for Spain does not make the blindest bit of difference.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2022

“My presence in Washington wouldn’t have made the blindest bit of difference,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

But there is a saying that Carlos, a man of many sayings, sometimes applied to Jorge: ‘‘The blindest man is the one who does not want to see.’’

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2015

But unless you're going to require journalists and bloggers to embrace such a pettifogging regime too, you're pottering down the blindest of alleys, regulating human nature until your wig falls off.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2012

It took a long time for me to disengage myself from this excitement, and on the blindest, most visceral level, I never really have, and never will.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Are investors too blinded by AI that they’re ignoring opportunity elsewhere?

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

Researchers report the first blinded, randomized, sham-controlled evidence that a procedure called duodenal mucosal resurfacing may offer a safe and lasting way to maintain weight loss without ongoing medication.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026

A federal jury has awarded $11.8 million to a Los Angeles Dodgers fan who was blinded by a police projectile during a World Series celebration downtown in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

"We have had a hugely disappointing second half of the season and will not allow ourselves to be blinded by our league position," said Horst Heldt, Union's director of men's football.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

They were briefly blinded as the mist swirled all around, but soon they popped through to the other side.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Had I accidentally discovered a supernatural portal where time and space didn’t exist, one where random phenomena of blinding beauty could materialize on this plane without any logical explanation?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Did the fun of the film festival circuit eventually become a blinding limelight, through which Adrian couldn’t see past as he got older?

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

The sun is blinding hot, but that has not deterred the tourist hordes from splashing about in the ocean.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

But for the fashionistas, the Met Gala -- traditionally held on the first Monday in May -- is simply one of the world's top red carpets with blinding star power.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

They zigzagged across the park in blinding flashes, illuminating the terrified faces of poxies and demons alike.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda