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as in blindfold
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as in provincial
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Recent Examples of blindfolded
Highlighting what's new this year Backseat driver competition: A team of two in a golf cart with blindfolded driver and the partner giving directions through a course at the motorsports arena.
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2024
His account closely resembles images broadcast in a February report on Israeli television about a detainee camp in southern Israel showing blindfolded men kneeling in tight rows, surrounded by armed guards.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Still, there has been worry within some league circles that the Bears have jumped into yet another critical hiring cycle like a blindfolded third grader hoping to break open the birthday party piñata.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Read Next Texas Why are blindfolded sheep flying through the air?
—Mitchell Willetts, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2024
His account closely resembles images broadcast in a February report on Israeli television about a detainee camp in southern Israel showing blindfolded men kneeling in tight rows, surrounded by armed guards.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Still, there has been worry within some league circles that the Bears have jumped into yet another critical hiring cycle like a blindfolded third grader hoping to break open the birthday party piñata.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Read Next Texas Why are blindfolded sheep flying through the air?
—Mitchell Willetts, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
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Whereas the Romans allied with provincial elites, enabling them to benefit from the empire’s success, the Han rulers attempted to weaken the local elites by forcing powerful families to resettle in or near the capital.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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One model he's suggested is that of a federal configuration divided into provincial units that could be tasked with local decision-making on issues such as education while still answering to a common central government.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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In this insular neighborhood, there was suddenly a risk of land passing to outside parties.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Decision-making becomes more insular, leading to blind spots or second-guessing.—
Alex Brueckmann,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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While the show has been dinged since its earliest days for having a blinkered or inaccurate depiction of its Chicago environs, that tends to matter most to critics from Chicago.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
27 July 2024
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The plum political prize, of course, will be deciding how congressional districts are drawn, perhaps giving this parochial court a major say in which party—and its preferred Speaker—gets to run the U.S. House.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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There is nothing more parochial or bland than being a soft, white Anglican kid from Ottawa.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Real, by contrast, are hidebound by tradition, in thrall to their history, the lofty expectations created by their glorious past hardwired into their enduring reality.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
10 Feb. 2025
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Those fired were not hidebound deep state bureaucrats merely slurping from the federal trough.—
Southern California News Group Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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This reactionary strategy keeps companies mired in the past, unable to leverage real-time analytics, artificial intelligence and automation.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Teams take pride in removing emotion from decisions and loathe making moves that can be interpreted as reactionary.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Rarely than focusing on individual behavior shifts to be less biased, which has proven to be ineffective, Chilazi’s research recommends focusing on debiasing the systems instead to prevent inevitable human bias.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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This week’s Liberal Media Scream puts the spotlight on CNN and its hosting of a left-wing comic so biased and X-rated that she was dumped from performing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
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The former president returned to his private home on Friday from the official residence, with crowds of conservative supporters turning out to greet his motorcade.—
Joyce Lee,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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González, 47, held various government jobs during the presidency of Rafael Correa, who led Ecuador from 2007 through 2017 with free-spending socially conservative policies and grew increasingly authoritarian in his last years as president.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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