Example Sentences

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“Venezuela was a black box. It is a territory in which we have blinded ourselves,” says Fulton Armstrong, a former CIA analyst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings now believes those outsized gains may have blinded management.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Ryan Kartje’s obsession with the quarterbacks and the new coach seem to have blinded him to USC’s major deficiency: DEFENSE.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2021

Well, he’s supposed to only have blinded the piano player.

From The Verge • Mar. 1, 2018

I scan the ceiling again and again—perhaps the lights have blinded me so much that I can no longer see him—but he’s nowhere to be seen now.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu