blindsided

Example Sentences

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Internally, Altman’s post blindsided OpenAI staffers and executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

“Gays and lesbians have a history of being blindsided, and you don’t want to become part of that narrative. Give me a week or two to reach out to the community.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

But just six months later she was blindsided when her husband announced "seemingly out of nowhere" that he wanted a divorce.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

This way, you can budget accordingly over the next couple of months and not feel blindsided if you end up needing to pay a bit more.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Because it might turn out that the fellow across the aisle was the guy you’d nearly blindsided at the freeway exit yesterday in order to beat him to a promising garage sale.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini