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blindside

verb

Definition of blindside

as in to befuddle

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Recent Examples of blindside The six-part series follows ordinary people blindsided by manipulators who know exactly how to weaponize tenant protections and turn the legal system against the very people it's supposed to protect. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Despite Tiffany Ervin wanting to blindside Rizo Velovic and flush out his idol, the group remained in lockstep on snuffing Rick's torch. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Lusth was blindsided by his allies, including Jonathan Young and Rizo Velovic. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 7 May 2026 Further, credit card devaluations are seldom announced far in advance and can often blindside people by reducing the value of stockpiled rewards. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blindside

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Byrd and DeSantis each noted the many election law changes Florida has instituted since the infamous 2000 presidential election recount — where Palm Beach County’s butterfly ballots befuddled many voters in a razor-thin race.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Those are decreasing in frequency, and the situation has befuddled the USTA.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of befuddle

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Latif is conflicted by his double life, bewildered by his doubling of parental responsibilities, constantly trying to think two moves ahead yet always ending up three steps behind.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Dan emerges as Primetime’s unlikely heart, bewildered by the dark world he’s wandered into and left to negotiate his ambitions with the high stakes of the job.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of bewilder

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Apple unveiled on Wednesday the Duo, a folding $1,999 iPhone aimed at shaking up a category long dominated by Samsung and Chinese companies such as Huawei, whose devices have struggled to move beyond a niche audience.

— Hyunjoo Jin, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
But at the end of last term, Madrid president Florentino Perez turned to him to shake up a side which had failed to win a major trophy for a second successive season.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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One of the first chatbots, Eliza, built at MIT in the mid-1960s, ran a therapy script called DOCTOR that asked users questions about their feelings and experiences—and left its creator disconcerted about his technology’s strong emotional pull.

— Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Rates of autism are rising to previously unseen levels, owing largely to better detection and new diagnostic criteria, but the numbers are still disconcerting.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of disconcert

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Add Heidi Gardner to the list of guests at the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding who were blown away by how such a grand event could be made to feel so intimate.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Lots of them are blown away by the fact something looking like this is a Harley.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of blow away

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California‘s seven Supreme Court justices appeared by turns perplexed by and incredulous of those theories during oral arguments last month.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
They were perplexed at first, flummoxed, but pleasant, and unfortunately for them, already long gone from the airport.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026

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