blindfold
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The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
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
Kylie Minogue knows her way around a chorus blindfold - and Padam Padam gave her the perfect opportunity to show off those navigational skills.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
With her hand on his shoulder, the pencil woman guided him back through the maze into the first room, where she removed the blindfold.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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
Mom blindfolds me With a dish towel And turns me six times, My lucky number For my lucky day.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
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
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
To even the battlefield, Polgár agreed to play blindfolded while the co-founder of Chess.com narrated Baldwin’s moves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Two Talibs with Kalashnikovs slung across their shoulders helped the blindfolded man from the first truck and two others helped the burqa-clad woman.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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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