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Recent Examples of blindsideThen she was blindsided by the cruelty of her male co-conspirators’ brand of patriarchy.—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 See All Example Sentences for blindside
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.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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.
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.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
This imbalance is perhaps not expressly disconcerting much of the time.
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.