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Napa Valley rocketed to international fame when its vintages shocked French rivals in a high-profile blind tasting contest that instantly turned the California corner into a wine-lovers' destination.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But there’s no icy chill to his vision, only the glib confidence that a feel-good montage or a piercing Anohni and the Johnsons ballad will blind us to his film’s lack of human connection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Vance told USA Today that “my faith tells me to fight against” the blind pursuit of ambition and instead “focus on the good” and “make wise decisions and moral decisions.”

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

“No leniency, no turning a blind eye,” Salam said in his announcement of the explosives seizure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the end of the school day, she spends her time reading to blind patients, or to those who never learned how to read.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

It’s a statement that they lowered the blinds twice, and then they told the media to leave.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Journalists on the old plane out of Ankara were also told to keep their window blinds down -- a step normally reserved for war zones -- furthering suspicions of security concerns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

She recommends drawing curtains and blinds in rooms facing direct sunlight to stop the air inside heating up.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

For a second she sees the stone walls around her before his headlamp blinds her.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

So far, so successful, with senior figures in government believing their foreign policy guru, Blair-era adviser Jonathan Powell, is "playing a blinder".

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

Most shooters compete with a blinder on one eye to keep the muscles relaxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

Ten Hag played a blinder with his gameplan and his players executed it perfectly.

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

He now values blind loyalty and even blinder sycophancy more than electoral appeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

“I may be blinder than any bat, but I got me a government-issue rifle. It was the one my husband, Mr. Hamline, carried when he fought with Captain Lilly’s Eighteenth Indiana Light Artillery at Chicamauga.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Of course he is Ghanaian and the fact that his younger brother Nico is playing for Spain does not make the blindest bit of difference.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2022

“My presence in Washington wouldn’t have made the blindest bit of difference,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

In New York, though, no one seems to take the blindest bit of notice.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2017

But there is a saying that Carlos, a man of many sayings, sometimes applied to Jorge: ‘‘The blindest man is the one who does not want to see.’’

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2015

“Certainly. But we haven't the blindest thing in common.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The risk was especially high at night and in poor weather, when they were blinded by the glare of headlights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

And through that lens, you start being blinded by this humanity that’s around you or caring for people around you rather than a bottom line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Are investors too blinded by AI that they’re ignoring opportunity elsewhere?

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

Researchers report the first blinded, randomized, sham-controlled evidence that a procedure called duodenal mucosal resurfacing may offer a safe and lasting way to maintain weight loss without ongoing medication.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026

People shouted below, and the light bouncing off the glass castle blinded her.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Did the fun of the film festival circuit eventually become a blinding limelight, through which Adrian couldn’t see past as he got older?

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

He fixates on bright, blinding objects while turning away from self-reflection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

If he did, he would follow it with a blinding save.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

For now, Microsoft and its software peers aren’t companies; they’re narratives of tech’s next generational disruption, all happening at blinding speed.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

And then came a blinding flash and a deafening CRACK!

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown