blind
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Because of those parasites and the extremely dark, murky environment in which the sharks live, scientists have long suspected that Greenland sharks may be functionally blind.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Among potential solves are the president moving his funds into a blind trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
With a mix of flattery and blind optimism, Seoul succeeded in setting up a first-ever meeting between a sitting US president and Kim Jong Un in 2018.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
One obvious blind spot is that it would exclude water facilities that serve fewer than 3,300 people, the communities least prepared, that indeed were among those likely targeted this time around.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The room was growing lighter; without taking his eyes from Mina’s face, Dr. Van Helsing motioned me to pull up the blind.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
It helps them hide if needed, it blinds predators and attracts like minds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Journalists on board reported that they were repeatedly instructed to keep their window blinds down, a "not uncommon" practice McDonald said shows that steps were still being taken to protect the passengers.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Journalists on the old plane out of Ankara were also told to keep their window blinds down -- a step normally reserved for war zones -- furthering suspicions of security concerns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
On sunny days, keep curtains or blinds closed on sun-facing windows.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Across the empty streets, across the square, they were just pulling the blinds up at the bank.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
"They didn't recruit me but I think they played an absolutely blinder and they deserve it at this stage," he added.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
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
Green has a reputation for superb gully catches - he took a blinder on Friday - but the controversy over this latest grab caused the biggest talking point over the day.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
“I may be blinder than any bat, but I got me a government-issue rifle. It was the one my husband, Mr. Hamline, carried when he fought with Captain Lilly’s Eighteenth Indiana Light Artillery at Chicamauga.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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
Are investors too blinded by AI that they’re ignoring opportunity elsewhere?
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Researchers report the first blinded, randomized, sham-controlled evidence that a procedure called duodenal mucosal resurfacing may offer a safe and lasting way to maintain weight loss without ongoing medication.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
"We have had a hugely disappointing second half of the season and will not allow ourselves to be blinded by our league position," said Horst Heldt, Union's director of men's football.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Far more consequentially, guess who wasn’t blinded by their priors from seeing the truth?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
My eyes were blinded with tears, and I couldn’t thank her.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
He also lambasted people’s preoccupation with possessing money as warping their imaginations and blinding them to the existence of more fulfilling possibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
If he did, he would follow it with a blinding save.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
This exciting nutrition system may include fun things like nearly blinding your boss with direct sunlight at an open-air business lunch, or shoveling food in your face from 5:10 to 5:11 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
The Matabele woman grasped her from the front, holding her in a tight embrace, and the spirit of Long Teats suddenly fled into the blinding sunlight.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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