blindsided

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Part of the problem, though, can be feeling blindsided by the hidden costs of leisure activities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Still, new technologies have blindsided these firms before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

Most notably, Intel was blindsided by Nvidia's rise as the world's leading AI chip provider.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 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