as in dazed
to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Verb
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For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025 -
However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Dorothy Dandridge, who dazzled Hollywood but was cast aside too soon.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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Are theater owners no longer dazzled by star power?—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Each year, thousands of bourbons are blind tasted by expert judges from around the globe.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The vastly experienced reporter, who is blind, was granted the interview to mark a year since the assassination attempt on Trump near Butler, Pennsylvania, last year.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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Late this spring, I was led into a car in Kyiv, blindfolded, and driven to a secret factory in western Ukraine.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Felix is at Linnea’s apartment, bound up and blindfolded and being spat on.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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These tiny fossorial ophidians — though not the tiniest (that title belongs to this 4-inch snake from Barbados) — are nearly sightless.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Apr. 2015
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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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