blindsided
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Jordan Firstman’s sincere, funny and genuinely moving debut feature has him playing a queer New York underground party promoter blindsided by the arrival of the 10-year-old son previously unknown to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He just couldn't believe that he was blindsided by it.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
If you have a problem with being blindsided by requests for money, I’d cut ties now.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Noel, in particular, is blindsided by the impact.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Furious at being blindsided by the appointment, Bush dodged Groves’s brusque queries about the state of the project and dashed off a prickly letter to Stimson’s assistant, Harvey Bundy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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