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Recent Examples of blindside
Republican senators, who were responding to the revelation subpoenas of members’ phone records by former special counsel Jack Smith in his 2020 election probe, had previously blindsided and angered the House by including that provision in a bill to end the historic government shutdown.
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Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
Island residents said they were blindsided in 2023 when commissioners moved swiftly to weaken a special zoning ordinance enacted three decades earlier to protect Hogg Hummock landowners from unaffordable tax increases.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Underwood may very well have been blindsided and never seen the SUV barreling down on her from the unexpected direction.
—Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2026
There are cheerful barging amateurs, happy to be bounced about, and there are prowling malevolences, waiting for the moment to blindside someone or chuck an elbow in their face.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
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Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
Island residents said they were blindsided in 2023 when commissioners moved swiftly to weaken a special zoning ordinance enacted three decades earlier to protect Hogg Hummock landowners from unaffordable tax increases.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Underwood may very well have been blindsided and never seen the SUV barreling down on her from the unexpected direction.
—Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2026
There are cheerful barging amateurs, happy to be bounced about, and there are prowling malevolences, waiting for the moment to blindside someone or chuck an elbow in their face.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindside
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He was less intimidated by its befuddling organization and had grown accustomed to the antiquated spellings and the nearly illegible, unpunctuated scribblings of harried seventeenth-century officials.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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And any Rams fan who was around for that game probably remembers Dieter Brock, and the irony that the quarterback the Rams brought in from the Canadian Football League was befuddled by winds that reached up to 23 mph, to go with 36 degree temperatures and 26-degree wind chill.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Jan. 2026
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Even a principled, well-meaning actor like Claude could face bewildering ethical conflicts.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Oswalt confesses being bewildered by Bamford at first.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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But, squeezed by the cost of everything from rent to beef, others are shaking up their habit.—
Matt Sedensky,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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And family time, in the Bode world, also shakes up the well for inspiration.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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None of the emails unearthed so far appear to indicate criminal activity, but are—like the photos—disconcerting.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
31 Jan. 2026
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Manchester City 3-1 Wolves Bournemouth vs Liverpool The really disconcerting thing for Arne Slot and Liverpool in this turbulent season is that there are almost certainly choppier waters ahead.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The weather service suggested that people secure loose objects that could blow away.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Go for the Chicken Parm, on another note, and be blown away by an award-winning cutlet with a side of savory garlic linguine.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Scenes are rendered with an diorama-esque economy of mise en scene that feels unreal, almost game-like — an aesthetic met with meaning in the film’s final act — and Nagahisa and Takeda take every opportunity to present the city from a different, often discomfiting angle.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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As Russia’s closest ally, China would not break with Moscow by endorsing an unconditional cease-fire, but it, too, would be discomfited by having to explain this choice.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
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She also was perplexed at the city’s inaction while noting a new leader offers a fresh perspective.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The moment became viral on social media, with some X users perplexed at the interview.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
11 Feb. 2026
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But fertilizing terrestrial crops with marine material may muddle that work.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
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But don’t muddle their season up by questioning their organizational philosophy.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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