blindfold
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One woman I interviewed remembered that while she was blindfolded, she was able to peek under her blindfold and see a tile pattern on the floor.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
“And the next gate, you can’t see it until you’re pretty much on top of it. You might as well put on a blindfold because you can’t see anything in front of you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
I opted to swap the blindfold for a blanket covering my TV, which was better, but I cracked the code by the end of this episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
He added that his blindfold - the trademark black jihadist flag - was then removed.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
When they pulled away the blindfold, Shin read the number “7” on a cell door.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
They are required to wear blindfolds for fairness.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
The far easier solution is for them to take off their blindfolds and see the full scale of the monstrosity for what it is.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
Competitors wear blindfolds and have to rely on audio indications from their guide, who stands near the sand.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
All it took were Hollywood-trained animals, a set of enormous blindfolds and a willingness to — carefully — nudge one of the planet’s largest land mammals ever so slightly off balance.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
He knows no ladies in blindfolds, has been to no crumbling castles.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
In 2011, he was a contestant for China's Got Talent - clips posted online showed him singing onstage blindfolded.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The mother of the motorist who found the children told Portuguese media that one of the boys said they had been blindfolded and told to look for a hidden toy.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
I am blindfolded and seated in a vintage armchair set in the center of a darkened, red-lit room with Gothic accents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Both were blindfolded, but Issa recognized his friend’s voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Dad walks offscreen, the gravel and leaves crunching under his footsteps, then brings Mom in, blindfolded.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
I started by blindfolding myself and quickly realized that made my notes incoherent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Japan has accused Russia's security services of blindfolding and restraining one of its diplomats in the eastern city of Vladivostok.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022
And this idea of essentially blindfolding ourselves and pretending like the justice system is the one place in this country where race has no influence whatsoever, where gender and bias mean nothing, that's preposterous.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022
Evidence in the blindfolding trial has included phone chat messages exchanged by several Carabinieri.
From Fox News ● Feb. 10, 2022
The blindfolding, the walk to the secret entrance, the exhausting climb up countless steps—all of it seemed to pass in one excruciating instant.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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