for a loop
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Anyone showing up for a film replete with big-budget pop spectacle will be thrown for a loop by Lowery’s dialogue-heavy screenplay.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
Clocktower’s Wallerstein said the Fed chair’s comments about still needing to gauge the impact of tariffs on inflation may have thrown investors for a loop.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
When she didn't go through Nashville and its country-music milieu, "it sort of threw people for a loop", he told the BBC.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
I must give Karoline Leavitt, another Trump spokesperson, credit for illuminating one fact that threw me for a loop.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025
“That’ll throw ’em for a loop and they won’t know what to do.”
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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