by surprise
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The celebrity contestants later told me that the news took them by surprise too.
From BBC
Micron’s latest success hasn’t caught investors by surprise—the stock is up 218% this year—but the coming shortages might.
From Barron's
Netflix’s winning bid for Warner took the market by surprise in part because the company had long built its business, rather than pursuing acquisitions, and because weeks earlier one of its co-CEOs suggested it wanted to avoid a big merger.
The edge off Head appeared to take Smith by surprise.
From BBC
Dear reader, “My Secret Santa” took me by surprise.
From Los Angeles Times
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