out of the blue
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“After two years, someone called me out of the blue and told me I’d got a record deal on the same label as Elvis,” she recalled to the Guardian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
None of this came out of the blue.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Maybe the furnace needs replacing, a medical bill arrives out of the blue, or an education expense catches you by surprise.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
“She’s alive, Delsie. I’ve wanted to tell you. We live—well, lived—in Worcester. And then one day, out of the blue, she just sent me here.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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