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as in blinded
lacking the power of sight
our old blind cat kept walking into walls and furniture
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
you'd have to be really blind to think that was a good idea
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as in smoke screen
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Recent Examples of blind
Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The rifle season ended on Dec. 1 so, on Dec. 7, Bruce climbed into a ground blind with a crossbow.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
This works especially well on water sets, with glare coming off the surface blinding them.
—Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
Attachments include a 2-in-1 crevice tool, and 2-in-1 pet tool for removing pet hair, so the vacuum can be converted to a handheld vacuum, or it can be used to vacuum blinds and other parts of the home.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The bag of walnuts stumbled upon by a blind squirrel.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The rifle season ended on Dec. 1 so, on Dec. 7, Bruce climbed into a ground blind with a crossbow.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
Categorizing based on past labels often blinds us to differences in the present — details that may hold the key to deeper understanding.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
This works especially well on water sets, with glare coming off the surface blinding them.
—Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
Currently, Android users can add any of Eve’s other Matter devices — such as the Eve Energy smart plug and Eve Motion blinds — to compatible platforms, including Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
Attachments include a 2-in-1 crevice tool, and 2-in-1 pet tool for removing pet hair, so the vacuum can be converted to a handheld vacuum, or it can be used to vacuum blinds and other parts of the home.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blind
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Like, straight-up crazy, drunk wrestled in the middle of...Julia Moore, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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The man accused of driving drunk and killing hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, pleaded not guilty Tuesday after rejecting a plea deal that would have included a 35-year prison sentence.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Test yourself on Hollywood highlights, dazzling debuts and federal festivities inthis week's American Culture Quiz.Fox News Staff, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
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During the Wednesday, January 8 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, River and Remy dazzled the crowd during their first interview — and looked just like their mom while doing it.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Behind the wall opposite the bed — a metal frame and bare mattress covered in clothes — Pope spotted what seemed to be a door to a crawlspace, a triangular nook fitted under the house’s southern eve.Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
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Seek Out Cozy Corners Entries tend to be pass-through zones, but Mallory rejected that notion, outfitting this nook with a custom banquette piled with cushy pillows and adding a light for reading.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
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The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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That makes for quick, sightless control of both radio volume and climate temperature.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Our new unlucky heroine is terminally ill writer Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), out of the hospital on a day trip to the city when sightless monsters begin falling from the sky.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 June 2024
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Analisa Corr, a 53-year-old Australian woman who claims her father is former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., pleaded innocent to charges accusing her of causing a drunken disturbance on a Jetstar domestic flight between Hobart and Sydney.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Dallas Cowboys stunned the NFL world when it was announced that the team had chosen to move on from Mike McCarthy as head coach.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Joao Fonseca of Brazil, 18, stunned No. 9 Andrey Rublev in straight sets in the first round after winning the Next Gen ATP Finals title last month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Check out a video for the single below; scroll down for the Leaving Home cover artwork.Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 16 Jan. 2025
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About a week and a half later, my grandma texted me that one of the trees was chopped down and the cover for the axe was still on it right by the tree.Rustin Dodd, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Blind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blind. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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