blindside
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Tiny funds tend not to last long so the wave of launches this year and next is almost guaranteed to bring hundreds of closures that can blindside unsuspecting owners with tax bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Raffi Quirke, a boyhood Sale fan, signed off before a summer move to Newcastle with a blindside dart and cute chip to set up one of Arron Reed's two tries.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Clarke's corner repeatedly protested low blows from TKV, some drifting in on the blindside of the referee, who issued a warning in the third.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Another change to the starting 15 sees Wallace Sititi return at blindside flanker following a breakthrough 2024 campaign.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
All she wanted was to tell him how sorry she was that she hadn’t given him the full warning, that she’d let it blindside him like this.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
BBC Scotland Westminster correspondent Paris Gourtsoyannis said Scottish Labour parliamentarians appeared to have been blindsided by the news.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
As she’s being driven to her office, she’s blindsided by the news that her medical records have been leaked, revealing she is in ill health and sending company shares tumbling.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Their view: that those AI skeptics could get blindsided this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
With the price of insurance low and volatility following a predictable, profitable pattern, Nations sees a risk that investors will take on more risk than they realize and get blindsided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
In two moves, the ablutionist blindsided the careless pawn and removed it from the field.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
It’s more than fair to say that this dust-up isn’t a new development that is blindsiding investors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
"Manage expectations, because this is going to happen, rather than just blindsiding us out of nowhere, which is what has happened," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
“It’s been awful. It’s been blindsiding, it’s been a shock because I personally love the L.A. Times and I loved working for you guys and ... that’s gone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
It did this without warning or consulting NPR, blindsiding its leadership.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023
Reckitt recently raised prices on some formulas, blindsiding some parents already frustrated with the struggle to find certain brands.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
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