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blindfold

[blahynd-fohld] / ˈblaɪndˌfoʊld /


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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

He added that his blindfold - the trademark black jihadist flag - was then removed.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2024

Their thrower could have found his jumper with a blindfold on.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2024

They sponged off his face and neck, closing his eyes and covering them with a blindfold torn from Tali’s cloak.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

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

Dashboard designers need to test new controls by using them blindfolded to simulate minimum distractibility for drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Down: It’s like playing the piano with the foot pedal, blindfolded.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 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

The woman also recalled playing a game where a person would eat chocolate blindfolded.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

Rook showed his older brother to the study of the Head Sister, but Antain could have made it there blindfolded.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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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