aback
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suddenly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly
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Most recently, Van Lathan, a friend and TMZ journalist, was taken aback to finally learn about Hawkins’s NFL past. — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "An Ex-NFL Player's Path to Do-It-All Media Personality," 14 Aug. 2019 When sponsors of a bill revamping Colorado’s oil and gas laws said the state’s regulations hadn’t changed much in decades, industry representatives were taken aback. — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, "Colorado toughened up its oil and gas rules. But how tough are they?," 11 Aug. 2019 Yet Martelli, now an assistant coach at Michigan under Howard, immediately found himself taken aback by Howard's honesty and character. — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, "Phil Martelli 'touched immediately' in first conversation with Juwan Howard," 25 July 2019 But Chinese leaders were taken aback by President Trump’s failed meeting in Vietnam with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the people said. — Bob Davis, WSJ, "U.S.-China Trade Talks Hit a Bump," 8 Mar. 2019 Actavis officials were taken aback, the court records show. — Anchorage Daily News, "Little-known makers of generic drugs played central role in opioid crisis, records show," 27 July 2019 McCollum’s staff read through the U.S. Department of Justice grant application and were taken aback by the fact that a lobbyist for ShotSpotter, which makes gunshot detection hardware, took the lead in distributing it. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, "Betty McCollum critical of St. Paul police grant application calling Green Line a crime magnet," 26 July 2019 For a thoughtful man who was initially taken aback by the deal that sent him from the Big Apple, the star receiver seemed fully at peace as the Browns opened camp. — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, "Opinion: Cleveland Browns' Odell Beckham Jr., sheds signature dreadlocks 'to clean the slate'," 25 July 2019 We frankly were taken aback by the fact that Ohio Excels had developed their own recommendations. — Patrick O'donnell, cleveland.com, "Ohio halts school ‘takeovers,’ adds wraparound services and new graduation requirements," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aback.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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