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  • verb Present participle of blinker.

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Examples

  • For in the further moral as well as syllabic riptide of this seductive fixation, such a blinkering "gaze" envelopes the oblivious couple, only

    Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian 2008

  • She had twirled the phone cord around her finger as Dr. Schwarman spoke, her comprehension blinkering in the midst of his German-English hybrid verbiage.

    After the Badlands 2010

  • How can one not mock the self-same ideological blinkering that renders so many incapable of even concieving that their scraps of holy writ, their sacred idols of moral authority -- Bible, Constitution, TV Weekly -- might not be universally recognised as worthy of servile reverence?

    The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom Hal Duncan 2007

  • How can one not mock the self-same ideological blinkering that renders so many incapable of even concieving that their scraps of holy writ, their sacred idols of moral authority -- Bible, Constitution, TV Weekly -- might not be universally recognised as worthy of servile reverence?

    Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • Leaving aside the blinkering effect it has on congressional oversight, too much secrecy impedes the routine functioning of the executive branch, by making useful information difficult for many government employees to see.

    Classify This 2007

  • This is a company which is not a fly by night small company, it is listed on a global exchange, global investor – they are supposed to be following US GAAP norms etc and quarter after quarter they keep blinkering all their investors and none of us find out till the promoter one fine day decides to confess.

    This is a fundamental issue of trust and faith which has been shaken Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Ronnie, how comfortable is your blinkering bunker?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Leaving aside the blinkering effect it has on congressional oversight, too much secrecy impedes the routine functioning of the executive branch, by making useful information difficult for many government employees to see.

    Classify This 2007

  • Spitzer has advised there is a contagion of tunnel vision on wall street and in the fed, a blinkering self-interest.

    GFC Solutions? 2009

  • This is a company which is not a fly by night small company, it is listed on a global exchange, global investor – they are supposed to be following US GAAP norms etc and quarter after quarter they keep blinkering all their investors and none of us find out till the promoter one fine day decides to confess.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

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