blind
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“The Idiot” is Dostoevsky at his least bombastic; it often feels like he is writing blind, grasping for an idea or a character that keeps escaping him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
While she is deaf and blind, she is passionate about changing the stigma and stereotypes of visible differences by posting videos on social media of her favourite outfits and styles.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Napa Valley rocketed to international fame when its vintages shocked French rivals in a high-profile blind tasting contest that instantly turned the California corner into a wine-lovers' destination.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
But there’s no icy chill to his vision, only the glib confidence that a feel-good montage or a piercing Anohni and the Johnsons ballad will blind us to his film’s lack of human connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I really don’t know what I’d do if it weren’t for all the kindness you folks have shown me and Jubilee. ‘Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.’
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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She will head to her bedroom, pull the door closed and the blinds down, and try to hide from the barrage of noise happening outside.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The windows of the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, were papered over from the inside, the blinds were drawn, the door locked, and the doorbell camera running.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It helps them hide if needed, it blinds predators and attracts like minds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Standing up, I walk over to the window, my hand pushing back the blinds.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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BBC Sport takes a look at some of the Premier League's greatest opening-day debuts, including Alan Shearer's Blackburn blinder and Michu's Swansea screamers.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Borthwick played a blinder with his selection against the Wallabies, who delivered as poor a performance as I have seen from them.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
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
This was the end of her career for sure, but suddenly that didn’t seem so important because her ribs were aching, and she had a blinder of a pressure headache coming on.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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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
In New York, though, no one seems to take the blindest bit of notice.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2017
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
“Certainly. But we haven't the blindest thing in common.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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The trial was open-label, meaning participants and researchers knew which treatment each person received, although the assessment of the main outcome was blinded.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Being so empathetic toward one set of people that you are blinded to everyone else, she has written, “isn’t just misguided, it’s evil.”
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Beyond that, Gladwell says he feels strongly that “a society that’s blinded itself to this issue is a society with something very wrong.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
“The trial is ongoing and remains blinded as the company works toward enrolling an additional cohort,” Moderna said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Suddenly I was blinded by a huge pain in my left arm.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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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
When Calum MacDonald visited a bar in Laos he experienced "a blinding kaleidoscopic light" permanently impairing his vision, less than two days after having a drink.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
He fixates on bright, blinding objects while turning away from self-reflection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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 take me down a long hallway painted blinding white.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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