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blindfold

[blahynd-fohld] / ˈblaɪndˌfoʊld /


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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.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

One woman I interviewed remembered that while she was blindfolded, she was able to peek under her blindfold and see a tile pattern on the floor.

From Slate Feb. 17, 2026

Now in military police custody pending an investigation, Abu Khalid shuffled into the room, blinking and stretching as his blindfold and handcuffs were removed.

From BBC May 4, 2025

Mr Harrison, who undertook a blindfold walk with the London Sight Loss Council, pledged that council staff would visit look into the issue.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2023

Warm fingers tangle in my hair, and a moment later, my blindfold falls away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

They are required to wear blindfolds for fairness.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

The far easier solution is for them to take off their blindfolds and see the full scale of the monstrosity for what it is.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

Competitors wear blindfolds and have to rely on audio indications from their guide, who stands near the sand.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2024

All it took were Hollywood-trained animals, a set of enormous blindfolds and a willingness to — carefully — nudge one of the planet’s largest land mammals ever so slightly off balance.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2023

When the lights were off, as they were between nine at night and six in the morning, the city was so dark that people might as well have been wearing blindfolds.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

The mother of the motorist who found the children told Portuguese media that one of the boys said they had been blindfolded and told to look for a hidden toy.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

I am blindfolded and seated in a vintage armchair set in the center of a darkened, red-lit room with Gothic accents.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Her output features a mix of her playing online chess, educational content and in-person challenges such as playing blindfolded, where players visualise the board in their head.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

One woman I interviewed remembered that while she was blindfolded, she was able to peek under her blindfold and see a tile pattern on the floor.

From Slate Feb. 17, 2026

A large, lopsided blue cake is on the kitchen table, candles already burned halfway down during the long, blindfolded walk.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

I started by blindfolding myself and quickly realized that made my notes incoherent.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

Japan has accused Russia's security services of blindfolding and restraining one of its diplomats in the eastern city of Vladivostok.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2022

And this idea of essentially blindfolding ourselves and pretending like the justice system is the one place in this country where race has no influence whatsoever, where gender and bias mean nothing, that's preposterous.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2022

Evidence in the blindfolding trial has included phone chat messages exchanged by several Carabinieri.

From Fox News Feb. 10, 2022

The blindfolding, the walk to the secret entrance, the exhausting climb up countless steps—all of it seemed to pass in one excruciating instant.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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