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
It was on the ship that we got one of the defining pictures of the whole operation - Maduro in handcuffs, wearing ear protectors and a type of blindfold that looked like dark sunglasses.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
One day, Panahi recalls, Kiarostami drove him out of the city and asked him to wear a blindfold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Now in military police custody pending an investigation, Abu Khalid shuffled into the room, blinking and stretching as his blindfold and handcuffs were removed.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
Worried he’d lose his sight, he took to wearing a blindfold around the house, learning to navigate our living room and kitchen by feel.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Players are required to wear blindfolds for fairness.
From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025
Guests heard the band’s newest work-in-progress while wearing blindfolds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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
Then S.Q. was removing their blindfolds and pressing the intercom button.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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
"It's a bit like playing pin the tail on the donkey with us being partly blindfolded and there being very little donkey left for us to pin the tail on," Sherborne complained.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 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
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
All ten of us climbed under the ropes and allowed ourselves to be blindfolded with broad bands of white cloth.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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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