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Recent Examples of blindside
Like any superstar blindsided in the middle of a season by a trade, Luka needed time to get over the shock.
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Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 25 Jan. 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
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
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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Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 25 Jan. 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
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
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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Warren senior right-hander Peyton Balanag throws a pitch that can befuddle hitters.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Powell acknowledged he was befuddled by persistent gains in housing prices, considering the job market was weakening.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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There aren’t many ways to earn a club’s first win better than bewildering the league’s defending champions at their place.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Now, many millions of Americans are bewildered by events.—
David French,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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This warmer weather refresh of chicken and biscuits shakes up both the filling and topping for a lighter and brighter take on the classic.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Longtime neighbors on Scotts Level Road are shaken up by what happened.—
Dennis Valera,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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There’s a lot of disconcerting news about AI in journalism lately.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
5 Mar. 2026
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Golden Steer wet-ages its meat, which softens the fibers, perhaps too much: my sixteen-ounce Shorthorn (the menu’s term for a New York strip) was as yielding as a filet mignon—disconcerting, not delightful—and, upon slicing, left a puddle of diluted jus on the plate.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Other matter is blown away by intense black hole winds.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The streak tied the 1955 team for the Trojans’ best win streak in program history and blew away the record for its best start ever.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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But Sexistential may discomfit listeners for reasons other than ageism.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 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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These are the brutally real snapshots of a man well acquainted with—but still perplexed by—the powerful and destructive forces that lord over our lives.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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Hour said he was perplexed by his liberal friends expressing their condolences.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Player recruitment was muddled, managerial appointments flawed (Remi Garde lasted 147 days in that relegation season) and the team underperformed.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Cross-functional collaboration that isn’t muddled in hierarchy speeds up innovation.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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