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
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
Their thrower could have found his jumper with a blindfold on.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024
He spent his last days playing cards at the Magic Castle with magicians who - Booth notes - claimed they could beat Bux only if he didn't put on his blindfold.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
He did not remove the blindfold until he was certain they were out of sight.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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
The reality crystallizes for me, though, when Dad instructs us to take off our blindfolds and Debbie and Zara are standing in front of us.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
In 2011, he was a contestant for China's Got Talent - clips posted online showed him singing onstage blindfolded.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Figures in Cowin’s work are often blindfolded or covering their eyes with their hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
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
“Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?” he inquired again as the air was filled with a loud, crinkling, snapping sound.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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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