as in to befuddle
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Recent Examples of blindside
Keeping an eye on the horizon (while ever sharpening their prediction skills) ensures they aren’t blindsided by external shifts.
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John Cairney, Sportico.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Because companies that aren’t future-focused get blindsided by external forces.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That’s made Ortiz feel welcome months after a trade that blindsided him.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
By the end of 2022, Google would shut down Stadia entirely, blindsiding even more game developers.
—Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
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John Cairney, Sportico.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Because companies that aren’t future-focused get blindsided by external forces.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That’s made Ortiz feel welcome months after a trade that blindsided him.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
By the end of 2022, Google would shut down Stadia entirely, blindsiding even more game developers.
—Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindside
Verb
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Too long of an instruction can sometimes befuddle the generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The crowd looked befuddled, but Dugin cottoned at once.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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This match exposed a couple of ugly issues the tour has to address and left spectators bewildered for long stretches at a time.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The terminations, which were part of a broader push to cut federal bureaucracy and spending, have left federal workers bewildered and worried about the future of public lands.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Toy Story saw a happy-go-lucky cowboy figurine named Woody (Tom Hanks) have his world shaken up when his owner Andy (John Morris) received a cool, brand new action figure by the name of Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen).—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There have been efforts to shake up the primary care market, perhaps most notably One Medical, which charges members $199 a year, and was acquired by Amazon for $3.9 billion two years ago.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The first 10 minutes of USC’s NCAA tournament debut had been disconcerting enough already.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Poor or limited communication is also deeply disconcerting to candidates and is a key reason for dropping out of the process.—
Rebecca Skilbeck,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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While faithful flocked to Notre Dame in Paris and St. Peters in Rome to worship, they were also blown away by the amazing art and architecture inside these holy shrines.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The same Oregon high school that came under fire last year for allowing a transgender athlete to compete against girls continues to blow away the competition one year later.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 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
Verb
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For a former player who was known as a cutthroat defender, he was perplexed by his players’ disappointing effort.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, she too was perplexed about the role of the pro-prefect.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Ferrari’s unhealthy reputation for muddling their decisions looked to have been eradicated last year in Fred Vasseur’s first season as team principal, but the issue has reared its head again over the opening two races of 2025.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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There was something stark and piercing in me that was much closer to clarity than to muddle, but calling it a muddle took less effort.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Blindside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindside. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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