blinders
Example Sentences
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Such agencies have occasionally tried to correct for their cultural blinders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Their cultural blinders were imposed on an entire nation, which is why it was so difficult for Latin music, auteur cinema and rap to force their way into the mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
The Rams need to play with blinders on.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
We need to fight to preserve our right to see history clearly, without superpatriotic blinders.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025
It sounded more like a baby than a cat, which is why, I suppose, it suddenly tore the blinders from my mind.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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