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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of blindside.

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  • With the help of a demo tactically timed to come out two months before the game, the title blindsided many players who hadn't even heard of it before, but with its for the time awe-inspiring graphics and unusual amount of freedom for a first-person shooter, it quickly won over many fans.

    Wertzone Classics: Far Cry Adam Whitehead 2009

  • With the help of a demo tactically timed to come out two months before the game, the title blindsided many players who hadn't even heard of it before, but with its for the time awe-inspiring graphics and unusual amount of freedom for a first-person shooter, it quickly won over many fans.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Thune told reporters he was "blindsided" by the story, and has made no plans beyond 2010.

    Reid, Thune tell tale of 2009 2009

  • As I noted here earlier, according to a newsroom source, much of ABC's political team had been "blindsided" by the Breitbart announcenemt, and "not in a good way."

    Analyze this: ABC News clarifies Andrew Breitbart's role Greg Sargent 2010

  • The whole idea that the White House was "blindsided" by that decision seems awfully suspect to me.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads 2010

  • Hinrich said his trade from Chicago "blindsided" him last June.

    Wizards season schedule breakdown: Part I 2010

  • Sure he was cheating on his pregnant wife (who new reports say was "blindsided" by the news), and sure he turned out to be far from the nice guy everyone thought him to be, but compared to some other athletes in New York, Tiki's a pussycat.

    New York Sports' Biggest Sex Scandals: Before There Was Tiki 2010

  • For openers, Nordegren, whose ex-husband has been fodder for tabloid headlines and talk-show jabs for the last nine months, professed to have had no idea that he was cheating and said she was "blindsided" by the affairs.

    Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren: 'I've been through hell' 2010

  • Sure he was cheating on his pregnant wife (who new reports say was "blindsided" by the news), and sure he turned out to be far from the nice guy everyone thought him to be, but compared to some other athletes in New York, Tiki's a pussycat.

    New York Sports' Biggest Sex Scandals: Before There Was Tiki 2010

  • Haynesworth, who was said to be "blindsided" by the lawsuit, did not comment when the paper contacted his spokesman.

    Albert Haynesworth Allegedly 'Insinuated' Stripper Should Get Abortion 2010

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