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Recent Examples of blindside
But many other spacecraft aren't quite so capable, and even Starlink satellites can be blindsided by spacecraft whose operators don't share their trajectory data, as Nicolls noted.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Which is why his October 14 death at the age of 51, following a private battle with pancreatic cancer, blindsided the world.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The Denver resident was blindsided by his closest allies, Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Kristina Mills, in a unanimous 4-1 vote.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025
The move blindsided other suitors, Bayern included.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Which is why his October 14 death at the age of 51, following a private battle with pancreatic cancer, blindsided the world.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The Denver resident was blindsided by his closest allies, Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Kristina Mills, in a unanimous 4-1 vote.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025
The move blindsided other suitors, Bayern included.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindside
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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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Atlanta then declined to pick up Kinley’s option for 2026, which was a bit befuddling at the time.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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But unlike his Sophoclean namesake, Orestes is bewildered by this escalation and refuses.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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In April, the president was among those bewildered by his fall.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
27 Nov. 2025
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The winter storm’s assault on North Texas continues to shake up store operations with late openings.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Aiming to shake up the Golden State’s media landscape, the California Post launched on Monday with a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast.—
News Service Reports,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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The picture exudes both grace and vulnerability, and hints at imperfection by way of a disconcerting, coral-like wrinkle that mars the foot’s heel.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2025
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Still, many of the shifts constitute a disconcerting brain drain.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Examining the Orion capsule that flew on the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022, NASA officials noticed that huge chunks of its heat shield had unexpectedly blown away.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Icemag 3’s small fan on its rear quickly blows away any extra heat build-up, enabling the phone to charge quickly while remaining at a safe temperature, even when it’s being used a lot.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 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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Gargantuan boulders, twisted spiky trees, and vibrant sunset colors form an arid landscape that has perplexed and inspired creative titans like Jim Morrison and Gram Parsons for years.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.—
Ara H. Merjian,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Peterson's lawyers argued his role as an armed school resource officer did not amount to a caregiving post needed to prove child neglect in Florida, and that the response to the shooting was muddled by poor communication.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2026
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At the moment, however, the apex of the 2026 draft order is muddled.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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