off-guard
Example Sentences
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Yoon's declaration triggered protests, panicked the stock market and caught key allies like the United States off-guard.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat, explained in his ‘Macro Minute’ video update on Wednesday that this is what caught retail investors off-guard.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
The show's meteoric success has caught industry insiders, critics, and even the creators and stars themselves, off-guard.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Emails obtained by The Times suggest that city officials were also caught off-guard by the Waymo lots, and learned about the two stations only after residents started to complain about the noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
That caught me off-guard because the play did have a cafeteria lady, and that was close to being a maid.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
