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Recent Examples of flat-footed
At 13:35 of the second, Devils forward Timo Meier caught Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro flat-footed in the neutral zone and raced around him for a clean look on Columbus goaltender Jet Greaves, who was called up Sunday from AHL Cleveland.
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Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was established by Congress in 2022 in response to mistakes that led to a flat-footed response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
The team has a trio of star freshmen and opens with a de facto home game in Raleigh, N.C.
No. 2 Alabama — The Crimson Tide’s up-tempo style can catch a lot of opponents flat-footed.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump's dizzying tariffs rhetoric has caught the economy flat-footed.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was established by Congress in 2022 in response to mistakes that led to a flat-footed response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
The team has a trio of star freshmen and opens with a de facto home game in Raleigh, N.C.
No. 2 Alabama — The Crimson Tide’s up-tempo style can catch a lot of opponents flat-footed.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump's dizzying tariffs rhetoric has caught the economy flat-footed.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat-footed
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In the past year, America has suffered devastating cyberattacks, exposing infrastructure perilously unprepared for the digital age.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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That allowed a rapid throw-in that caught Genoa unprepared, eventually seeing Kenan Yildiz dribble his way through the Genoa defence and firing beyond goalkeeper Nicola Leali.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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A lot happened, but one decision proved fateful: Concerns had surfaced that SIU was enrolling underprepared Black students from inner-city Chicago and failing to support them.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2025
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However, critics argue that these programs often place underprepared teachers in the most challenging classrooms Comprehensive Approach: Tulsa, Oklahoma, is one of the few schools in the state with a full staff.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Yet the real scandal that’s likely to relegate Ishiba to Japan’s 12-months-in-office club is an economy unready for the Trumpian storm to come.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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During the pandemic, United pilots worked closely with the airline to develop a Covid policy that kept pilots on the payroll, trained and ready to return nearly as quickly as travel did, while other airlines were slowed by having pilots unready to fly.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Flat-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat-footed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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