blindfolded

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Recent Examples of blindfolded While players and viewers alike were unaware of the Secret Traitor’s identity, the three other Traitors received their blindfolded shoulder taps from Cumming designating them as deceivers in the game. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026 Before Maduro was transported to New York City, President Donald Trump shared a photo on Truth Social of Maduro, blindfolded, aboard the warship. Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026 President Donald Trump shared a picture of a blindfolded Maduro aboard the warship on Truth Social. Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 3 Jan. 2026 The same evening, Hamas fighters guided eight blindfolded men – at least some of them members of Doghmush – to a busy street in the same neighborhood. Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blindfolded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
Adjective
  • In other attacks, militants attempted to storm the provincial headquarters of paramilitary forces in Nushki district, but the attack was repelled, police said.
    Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Another separatist group called Stay Free Alberta has been gathering signatures for a petition to ask the provincial government to call a referendum, and some meetings have drawn large crowds.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • One of the critical risks to patient privacy is the accidental inclusion of personally identifiable information in what is supposed to be a blinded data payload.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In this unforgettable work of literary-fiction, Desiree and Stella leave their insular community to explore the world.
    Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The new song moves away from the Reagan-era-pop fixation of Harry’s House, an insular work also shaped by domestic seclusion in 2020.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The former aspires to global, or at least hemispheric, coverage, while the latter is inevitably a little blinkered.
    Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • After presenting a morass of rich themes, Nwosu teases out a small, surprising finale that transcends the blinkered concerns driving her protagonist.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • This aligns with findings from empathy research, which distinguishes between parochial empathy (caring for one’s in-group) and universal empathy (concern for all people).
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Working-class voters visiting a Reform clubhouse were more likely to find young professionals discussing weighty matters of foreign policy rather than parochial issues like street paving.
    Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The nation’s scientific institutions have become hidebound.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
  • And while challenges persist, there are already signs that hidebound profligacy is being replaced by newfound autarky.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The reactionary anti-woke moment of the 2020s feels as deflated as ever, and our collective nostalgia for 2016 appears to offer the chance at something of a do-over.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But in most people, facial bloating and undereye puffiness are usually just reactionary.
    Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The addition of Pavlich’s opinion show diverged from the channel’s initial brand as a non-biased news outlet.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The probe, which was first launched in January 2025 after a complaint about biased algorithms, has since widened to include charges related to Grok—including whether Grok engaged in Holocaust denial via its outputs, a crime in France.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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