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Recent Examples of blindsided
Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
For those who want to avoid being blindsided, here's what to know about the season premiere.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
This way, employees don’t feel blindsided, and buyers feel reassured.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Laura is the one who ends up blindsided when Cherry tells her that Daniel has invited her on the upcoming Sanderson family trip to Spain.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
When Meyer abruptly resigned after the 2010 season — citing health issues and a need to spend more time with family — Gator Nation felt blindsided.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The decision angered supporters of diversity and inclusion policies, who felt blindsided by Target.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Pope, Panaro and Hollis are all who remain from The Judges alliance and the three seem likely to take each other to the finale unless someone gets blindsided.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
For those who want to avoid being blindsided, here's what to know about the season premiere.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
This way, employees don’t feel blindsided, and buyers feel reassured.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Laura is the one who ends up blindsided when Cherry tells her that Daniel has invited her on the upcoming Sanderson family trip to Spain.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
When Meyer abruptly resigned after the 2010 season — citing health issues and a need to spend more time with family — Gator Nation felt blindsided.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The decision angered supporters of diversity and inclusion policies, who felt blindsided by Target.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindsided
Adjective
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And Trump should not be surprised when millions of Americans stand up to his authoritarianism and his greed.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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Maggie is surprised to hear that Alma is still with Frederik, and Alma marvels over Maggie’s giant engagement ring.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An Ohio woman ordered Charlie Kirk’s go-to Starbucks drink on Sunday evening — and was startled to find a hateful message written on the cup.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Steven reacts like a startled cat when Belly tells him, then pivots to comfort and action.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And the offensive operation looked much smoother, as Payton meshed the Colts to death and befuddled their defense on a second-quarter touchdown in which tight end Adam Trautman split out wide.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Sep. 2025
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Stainton Williams has been similarly befuddled by his interactions with Citizens.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Steve was dismayed to learn that, although Scott’s wallet hadn’t been found, the cliff top hadn’t been treated as a possible crime scene.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Microsoft had recently acquired Skype and already owned Xbox, and she was dismayed by how toxic the messaging systems were.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And she is just completely dumbstruck by that.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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The parents at this kind of show, of course, are less dumbstruck than the kids: The card is not floating but instead swinging on some string.—
Joseph Vukov,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2024
Adjective
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The stunned silence after her answer kind of says it all.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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What has left me completely stunned is that Labubus are on sale, too—just not on Amazon.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 18 runs plundered off one over was the most Jasprit Bumrah had ever conceded in Tests, leaving the bowler perplexed as he was replaced.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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For nearly 20 years, astronomers have been perplexed by the strange disk of dust and debris circling Fomalhaut, a bright star just 25 light-years from Earth.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Blindsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindsided. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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