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blind
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blind
1. done without being able to see, relying on instruments for information
2. (of cultivated plants) having failed to produce flowers or fruits
3. Poker a stake put up by a player before he examines his cards
4. Hunting chiefly US and Canadian a screen of brush or undergrowth, in which hunters hide to shoot their quarry
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blind [blīnd]
(engineering)
A solid disk inserted at a pipe joint or union to prevent the flow of fluids through the pipe; used during maintenance and repair work as a safety precaution. Also known as blank.
(geology)
Referring to a mineral deposit with no surface outcrop.


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Critics of the Chinese Communist regime such as the Epoch Times are lamenting the media's turning a blind eye to the atrocities.
How can the Congress provide foreign nations with all the money they need while turning a blind eye on the critically important needs of our veterans?
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