as in to befuddle
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Recent Examples of blindside
Legal protections can also keep you safe from being blindsided by someone else patenting your idea and suing for infringement.
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Check Warner Mbe, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The Senate’s passage of Caine’s nomination comes after Trump blindsided the Pentagon and Congress in February with the firing of seven top officials, including Brown and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female chief of naval operations.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
The urgency isn’t likely to ease, especially after the Dodgers were blindsided by a sweep at the hands of the Angels over the weekend.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
About 550 people — most of them online but about 50 in person — joined the meeting, which was held to revisit the proposal after opponents expressed fierce opposition and said they were blindsided by it.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
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Check Warner Mbe, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The Senate’s passage of Caine’s nomination comes after Trump blindsided the Pentagon and Congress in February with the firing of seven top officials, including Brown and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female chief of naval operations.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
The urgency isn’t likely to ease, especially after the Dodgers were blindsided by a sweep at the hands of the Angels over the weekend.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
About 550 people — most of them online but about 50 in person — joined the meeting, which was held to revisit the proposal after opponents expressed fierce opposition and said they were blindsided by it.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindside
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Cameron Lindsay, a former federal prison warden, was befuddled that Massey was locked in a first-floor cell of the facility, saying that his past warranted far more attention from corrections staff.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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Although you might be temporarily befuddled and overwhelmed, nothing will get in your way.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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They were bewildered for me, and so was all the other staff.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Small wonder many of the migrants are disoriented and bewildered.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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While there’s a ton of natural volatility in fantasy football, the running back position gets shaken up a lot more than wide receiver on a year to year basis.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The Kansas City Royals shook up their roster Friday as Hunter Renfroe was designated for assignment.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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Yes, Biden had gone into that disconcerting whisper mode among that one clutch.—
Jake Tapper,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
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In addition to the loss of leadership, Stern said cutting NIH's ties to the Safe to Sleep campaign sends a disconcerting message to families who have experienced infant loss.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Garces has been blown away by the online support that helped Ginger find a family.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Videos taken by a health official at Al-Awda Hospital show walls blown away and thick black smoke billowing from wreckage.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Badgley has made no secret of the fact that he was discomfited by fans online begging Joe Goldberg to lock them in cages.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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The president’s actions appear to be a response to the market bloodbath — a discomfiting development for many Trump supporters who depend on union pension funds or 401(k) retirement accounts.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Many observers were perplexed that an eighty-two-year-old man with virtually unlimited access to medical care—and about whose health there has been virtually unlimited conjecture—could have gone undiagnosed until the cancer threatened his life.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Social-media users were undoubtedly perplexed by the bone discovery, leading to more than 860 comments on the Instagram video.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Time and again, TV Ellie feels weirdly neutered by the writing, her motivations and characterization oddly muddled and inconsistent.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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His passable ensemble wisely included a pedal-steel guitarist and violinist, yet the mix muddled their contributions on an abundance of mid- and high-tempo material.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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