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as in stunning
to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Recent Examples of blinding
Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
By morning, the ache had metastasized into a blinding migraine.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
When a team makes it to the Super Bowl, the spotlight put on the teams becomes almost blinding.
—The Kansas City Star and, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Without that tip, the focus on O’Keefe’s death may have remained on a car accident in a blinding snow blizzard, hampering claims during the first trial that Read’s boyfriend had been killed inside the Fairview Road property and that his body had been dumped out in the snow.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
By morning, the ache had metastasized into a blinding migraine.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
When a team makes it to the Super Bowl, the spotlight put on the teams becomes almost blinding.
—The Kansas City Star and, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinding
Adjective
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Speed and a legitimate vertical threat were arguably the two most glaring weaknesses in the Cowboys receiver room last season.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Kendrick Lamar Performs Drake Diss Track for First Time, Hits Stage with Dr. Dre: 'A Cultural Moment' The owl imagery at the end was perhaps the most glaring reference fans caught onto.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Gaga retells the story of Judas Iscariot through the eyes of a Mary Magdalene torn between Jesus and Judas, love and temptation, aggressive verses and dazzling melodic choruses.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, Fahy and Sklenar share the chemistry of dazzling movie stars and provide the appearance of immense depth and complexity when the film broaches the subject of the abuse Violet has faced in her past.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2024
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Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.—
Caryn James,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The book revealed the emotional wreckage that lay just beneath the seductive, glittering surface of a certain sector of France’s progressive cultural élite.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Grab an aperol spritz and head to the coast of Capri with a new gothic suspense that proves darkness can lurk under even the most glittering surfaces.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This year there have been multiple flaring incidents, including planned flaring that occurred during maintenance work in February and several weeks in April and May.—
Bay City News Service,
The Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2024
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Oil refining giant Valero must pay a $1.2 million penalty for major flaring incidents at its Benicia facility that spewed dark plumes of pollutants into neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.—
Julie Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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Against elites, his Dangerous Fenwick is just over 50 percent, but his goal share (11-1) is a scintillating 91 percent.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The attention required to keep up isn’t always rewarded by the most scintillating developments in a plot that tends more often to simmer on a medium flame than come to a boil.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinding. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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