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American criticism, meanwhile, is blunted by the U.S. need to maintain its major military base in Qatar.

The First Amendment must not be blunted because upholding it makes a mess.

Nigel might pray to a pale Madonna; Isaacson dealt with a definitely blunted woman of the world.

California seemed less like a voluptuous leviathan blowing poppy-dust that blunted the memory of all things beyond her borders.

He was better fitted for the battle of life, but his susceptibilities and his enthusiasms were a trifle blunted.

Also the tender points of the fibres of the optic nerve would soon become blunted and the eye of course useless.

With them the body has worn out the soul, the senses have burned up the heart, dissipation has blunted the feelings.