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Recent Examples of blindside
Then she was blindsided by the cruelty of her male co-conspirators’ brand of patriarchy.
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Judy Berman, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, was reportedly blindsided by the pardon of Hernández and attempted to put a pause on pardons late last year.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 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
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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Judy Berman, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, was reportedly blindsided by the pardon of Hernández and attempted to put a pause on pardons late last year.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 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
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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And, of course, onstage in his act, in which the 47-year-old comedian from Old Hickory, Tennessee, adopts the persona of a middle-aged everyschlub befuddled by modern life and expectations of basic competence.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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Expecting to catch their limit this week, the Dodgers were instead befuddled by the Miami Marlins, who had most of the answers from the mound and just enough from the plate.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
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Former Republican state senator Jeff Brandes, who now leads the Florida Policy Project, said he was bewildered by the governor's proposal.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Gasly seems faintly bewildered by the designation.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
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The redrawn congressional district boundaries enacted by Proposition 50 promise to shake up at least three seats, experts said.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Why this could shake up home services If Gatsby can make this work reliably, the impact could stretch beyond spotless counters.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Part of the answer—only part, but part of that answer—takes us to a disconcerting fact about the government of the United States right now, about the Trump administration and President Trump.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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This imbalance is perhaps not expressly disconcerting much of the time.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Equipped with a sophisticated suite of instruments, the probe was designed to study the Martian atmosphere to learn more about how it is eroded, or blown away and thinned out by particles in the solar wind.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Upon first impression, we were blown away.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The sheer amount of information is discomfiting, and that’s the point.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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Plotting a linear, sinking trajectory, Kreutzer’s discomfiting film describes no such buoyant highs and lows.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Aryna Sabalenka being asked to dance after defeating Naomi Osaka in the French Open has one former American tennis star perplexed.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Democrats have been particularly perplexed given the state's top-two primary system, which places all candidates on a single ballot regardless of party.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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When considering domestic destinations for the menu, Martin tested the old-school Wisconsin Brandy Old Fashioned ($10), with cherries and orange muddled into the cocktail.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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This muddled the entire process.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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