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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindsides
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For three years straight, he’s kept up a pace that bewilders the industry’s leading comics.
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The narrator and his wife find that their attachment to the charismatic and cryptic Chibi grows with the cat’s increasing visits, in a way that bewilders them but somehow bonds them closer together.
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Of course, this is just a simple way to look at a complex problem that befuddles property owners, insurance companies and policymakers alike.
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That prevents your privacy and befuddles trackers that bundle your location and demographic data along with your online activities to sell your profile to advertisers and brokers.
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This exploration of the American grasslands – from soil, water, and insects to farmers, plows, and buffalo – dismays, yes, but also invigorates.
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But the unknown in that equation is what perplexes the Mavericks and has the team stuck for now.
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An ephemeral wind of nothing that blows away like humbug.
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If there are heavier, harder-to-blow-away elements around them, planets can form around them, and if there are clumps of matter in the same cloud that haven’t quite grown enough to form stars when the rest of the material in the initial cloud blows away, what remains can be a planet, too.
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Mixing too many competing scents in the same area also muddles the experience, and strong essential oils like peppermint or cinnamon can quickly overload a space.
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But the Royals and Guardians play each other this week, which muddles up the math a little bit (especially if Kansas City wins the series and hops the Guardians for second place).
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The technology has advanced so quickly, in fact, that its end result — untraceable weapons, assembled from spare parts and plastic frames — often confounds existing laws and presents a unique enforcement problem for authorities.
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The dollar’s resilience confounds many investors.
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His entrance in the race shakes up a field that already had high-profile local politicians vying to carry on Wilson’s torch.
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This romantic experiential stay in Texas wine country shakes up your perception of time and place.
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“Blindsides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindsides. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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