as in to befuddle
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Recent Examples of blindside
So he was blindsided when, on Jan. 31, he was placed on indefinite administrative leave, along with dozens of other Department of Education employees.
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Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Luka Dončić and Anthony Davis got blindsided by a blockbuster.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Storm was blindsided by Dickson Wong, who shockingly sent MG’s showmance partner out of the game.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
This results in Olympia and Matty getting blindsided over and over by new information and new witnesses that the defense team didn’t have time to share.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Luka Dončić and Anthony Davis got blindsided by a blockbuster.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Storm was blindsided by Dickson Wong, who shockingly sent MG’s showmance partner out of the game.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
This results in Olympia and Matty getting blindsided over and over by new information and new witnesses that the defense team didn’t have time to share.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindside
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The Eagles’ most remarkable feature in the Super Bowl was their zero blitzes by the defense, which befuddled three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Patrick Mahomes.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Schumer and the others who voted yes fear that TikTok will go dark tomorrow and 170 million befuddled and enraged American users will blame them.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Unenlightened of the brownie’s incredible taste, I was bewildered by the perfect combination of these three types of chocolate.—
Mia Leimkuhler,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The appeal bewilders attorneys for the 300,000 plaintiffs who each missed out on $3,000 when DeWine cut off the benefits in June 2021 — 10 weeks before they were set to expire.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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Things were bleak in Champaign, where Illinois had become a regular cellar dweller in the Big Ten and wasn’t much of a threat to shake up the conference’s power dynamic.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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The other guests, just about all of them privileged and White, are due to get profoundly shaken up.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Her self-possession is at points a touch disconcerting; breaking eye contact is not her style.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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Celebrities on the publicity circuit who are accustomed to the usual techniques and tricks of interviewers—softball questions, fawning compliments—find themselves in a different and disconcerting dynamic.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The food was great, but I was blown away by the desserts and drinks.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Club name was unable to blow away numbers as each large enterprise figures out how to use the AI agents platform.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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But there are discomfiting signs that HTS is already abandoning an inclusive mentality and intends to consolidate single-party Islamist rule.—
Fawaz A. Gerges,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Jan. 2025
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But overjoyed liberals seem to again have a discomfiting ally in Trump, who released a curious post-collapse statement that appeared to heap ridicule on Putin.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2024
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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, a Queens Democrat who has recently stepped up her criticism of the mayor, was perplexed by his refusal to slam Trump’s recent actions.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Several drones were reportedly spotted in the skies above a Connecticut suburb Thursday night, adding to recent sightings that have perplexed residents and raised questions about possible national security and public safety concerns.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
13 Dec. 2024
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He’s also muddled his message to congressional Republicans looking for guidance on how to implement his agenda.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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The sushi bar is where the Chinese American brand (which the Panda restaurants have so painstakingly worked to establish) gets muddled in an overzealous play at fusion.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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