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groping

[groh-ping] / ˈgroʊ pɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
blind
Synonyms
STRONG
dark unsighted
WEAK
amaurotic blind as a bat destitute of vision eyeless in darkness purblind typhlotic undiscerning unseeing visionless
Antonyms
WEAK
aware seeing sighted
ADJECTIVE
unseeing
Synonyms
WEAK
amaurotic blind as a bat dark destitute of vision eyeless in darkness purblind sightless typhlotic undiscerning unsighted visionless

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Vandier said AI is turning military intelligence analysis from a task of groping in darkness for targets to one of sifting through piles of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

“We are but darkened groping souls, that know not the light often because of its very blinding radiance,” wrote W.E.B.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

That groping for signposts in a fogbound landscape was on display in remarks by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday morning.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Under Spain’s 2022 sexual consent law, the crime of sexual assault takes in a wide array of crimes from online abuse and groping to rape, each with different possible punishments.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

What he meant was clear enough, but I was groping for what lay behind his words, for what his thoughts could possibly be.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles