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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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In real life, Kerr was also surprised by this in his early days.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Don't be surprised if Giolito isn't on Boston's roster next season.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 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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Speaking specifically about those spreading transphobic views online, Ellis-Bextor said she was dismayed at the fervor with which many of them spoke.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was dismayed to witness the crowd of fans booing the (admittedly struggling) team.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
4 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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Combs appeared stunned and wide-eyed as Subramanian mentioned his children in his address and also imposed five years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine, the maximum possible.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Though Guzman had always wanted to go, this year marked her first time, and stepping inside left her stunned.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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Many historians have been perplexed by how such a seemingly simple man as Shakespeare could have written works of such grandeur and depth.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The young men in Bruins blue and gold staggering off the field afterwards dazed, confused.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Blindsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindsided. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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