Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindside
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Back then, Newcastle’s thin squad staggered between results, lurching from challenging the best sides in the league to befuddling losses to inferior squads.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025 -
Making the glass dome is the part that befuddles most of them.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The canine, clearly confused, stared up, visibly bewildered and waiting patiently for the affection to finally land.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Nandi is experiencing severe insomnia, tremors and psychosis, and her quickly deteriorating condition bewilders the emergency room staff.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian may be looking to shake up his organization's roster in his final season under contract.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Uranus retrograde, however, shakes up our mental landscape, bringing everything from lightning-fast downloads and unpredictable ideas that could lead to a shift in perspective.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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That piece came before the Wild got smoked by the surging Mammoth to start this homestand, a game that led to some disconcerting comments from Brock Faber.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2025
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The french fries had a disconcerting astringency, like they’d been dusted in the same stuff that’s put on Hint of Lime Tostitos.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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We were honestly blown away that Hailee captured it.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Earnings just blew away estimates and quarterly revenue was about $200 million dollars more than expected.—
Brian Sullivan,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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More generally, Europeans' personal happiness levels have seemingly gravitated away from church and children, the traditional sources of meaning, and toward a discomfiting positive correlation with the size of a nation's welfare state.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The material can be discomfiting to take in, but Ronan anchors Maria’s every move in the character’s stubborn belief that her actions are well intentioned.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2025
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Coaches and talent evaluators, both inside the Raiders’ facility and around the league, have been perplexed by the lack of creativity and production.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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But as the fearsome storm unfolded, perplexing science questions emerged, said Joshua Wadler, an associate scientist at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach who was aboard the flights on Kermit with Hazelton.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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As a result of financial and personal problems, Bíró's invention ended up muddled in a number of international patents and licensing agreements in different companies and individuals in various countries.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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Together the flavor is muddled, slightly discordant, but alone the Irish whiskey gets to sing, its apples and pears and slight malt and gentle touch a perfect foil to the zesty front palate of the lemon and the deep finish of the almonds.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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