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Caught off-guard On a series of occasions over the past weeks, aides have been caught off guard by Trump's proclamations of policy, including his shifting positions on gun control.
West Wing caught off guard West Wing officials were caught off guard on Tuesday by the statement from the first lady's spokeswoman targeting Ricardel, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Caught off guard One of the officials told Reuters Widodo and others in the government were caught off guard when local media reported Nurmantyo's announcement of the suspension in military ties with Australia.
Mr. Hemsworth, who appeared amused but caught off guard, demurred.
Warren herself appeared caught off guard as McConnell and Sen.
"I was so caught off guard," Hayes tells PEOPLE exclusively.
And always in circumstances when she is caught off guard.
The Trump confidant said that Adelson was caught off guard.
" Caught off guard, she turns and replies, "Yes I am!
Caught off guard, the collapse of the US government commences.
But some parents are caught off guard by these apps.
Obama said she had been caught off guard by Mrs.
Everyone was caught off guard, including senior White House aides.
Republicans appeared to be caught off guard by the announcement.
Doctors and health systems can also be caught off guard.
Even Ms. Kondo seems caught off guard by the response.
I think George was caught off guard by the fallout.
Not all 25 committee members were caught off guard, exactly.
Will Exxon be the next large company caught off guard?
I was caught off guard last year and felt really bad.
Caught off guard, I asked what it was supposed to mean.
Shortly after the news broke, Thursday, Republicans seemed caught off guard.
Caught off guard, the Indian authorities did what they often do.
James: You don't want to get caught off guard, do you?
Remember how caught off guard everyone was when Enron went bust.
This isn't the first time Spears has been caught off guard.
I'm not going to blame Facebook for getting caught off-guard.
Wall Street is likely being caught off-guard by the news.
The border police were caught off guard, away from their vehicles.
Some traders were caught off guard by the euro's abrupt move.
India is hardly alone in being caught off guard by Trump.
Like many residents, Frescas was caught off guard by the fire.
This time, many said, they would not be caught off guard.
Two players, caught off guard by its awkward bounce, missed it.
But Facebook does not want to appear caught off guard again.
Her boss seemed caught off guard by the request, Garcia recalled.
"People were caught off guard" by the Thursday call, they added.
Mr. Moon's government was caught off guard by Ms. Shim's allegations.
Still, she said she had been caught off guard at the resistance.
He said he was caught off guard by the hospital representative's comments.
Some friends were caught off-guard too, at least by the timing.
In one clip, Sciutto appeared caught off guard by the sudden alarm.
"I was caught off guard," the 31-year-old actor tells PEOPLE.
I was so caught off guard, and it hit me so quick.
" Trump, seemingly caught off-guard, repeatedly interjected: "Where did you find this?
It's little surprise that Hayek was caught off guard by his appearance.
Thiel was caught off guard when Gawkerouted him as gay in 2007.
He "certainly was not surprised or caught off guard," the official said.
He "certainly was not surprised or caught off-guard," the official added.
South Korea and Japan were apparently caught off guard by the announcement.
It appears even Rihanna's band was caught off-guard by the news.
I've found that this advanced preparation ensures you're not caught off-guard.
Conyers III said he was "caught off-guard" by his father's endorsement.
"I was totally caught off guard," Coe-Jones said at the time.
Mr. DeSantis seemed caught off guard, neighbors who attended the meeting recalled.
Most Americans would be caught off guard by an unexpected $800 expense.
They were caught off guard when he walked away from Mr. Kim.
An Oscar meme Jennifer Garner was caught off guard at the Oscars.
Multiple reports indicated GOP senators were caught off guard by the report.
Caught off guard, they were preparing for the worst, the source said.
"I was totally caught off guard," Loyetta Collins told CNN affiliate WVLA.
Amazon executives, the person said, were caught off guard by the response.
"We were caught off guard, but I wish them luck," he said.
" According to the WSJ, "executives in New York were caught off guard.
Davis says he was totally caught off guard by the sinister allegations.
On the Capitol, defense hawks and GOP leadership were caught off guard.
White House officials, too, were caught off guard by the President's remarks.
Republicans and centrist Democrats who traditionally support trade were caught off guard.
Tourists wondering through the museum were caught off-guard by the demonstrations.
And she looked caught off guard in sort of meandered through an answer.
Donald Trump can be forgiven for being caught off-guard in the moment.
She's caught off-guard when he plants one on her but immediately reciprocates.
The team, caught off guard by my brilliant purchase, lashed back on instinct.
Turx said he was caught off guard by Trump's reaction to his question.
Brown was thrilled and encouraged by the response but also caught off guard.
Gillibrand said she wasn't caught off guard by Wallace's reaction to her challenge.
The Pentagon, however, was caught off-guard, an official told CNN's Barbara Starr.
But even so, I was caught off-guard by how difficult it was.
Gionet appeared to have been caught off guard by the Twitter suspension Wednesday.
"I think the community of scientists are still caught off guard," said Rice.
Stumpf, who seemed caught off guard, could barely get a word in edgewise.
I could tell she felt really bad and was also caught off guard.
The great news is that getting caught off guard is not an inevitability.
She was caught off guard, but she came off as dismissive to me.
The change means users won't be caught off guard by Instagram's enforcement actions.
I was completely caught off-guard, I was not expecting that at all.
"This, to me, is people saying, 'We got caught off guard,'" Grasso said.
If Ketcham was caught off-guard when they arrived, however, he recovered quickly.
I was caught off-guard, but it was a no-brainer for me.
S.A. was caught off guard by the size and amount of people traveling.
People who track the denial movement were caught off guard by the departures.
Even so, Republicans were clearly caught off guard by Democrats' stunt on Wednesday.
It was as if everyone in the room had been caught off guard.
Jones said retirees who reach this nonfiling status can be caught off guard.
It is clear, though, that they and government officials were caught off guard.
The United States, with its foreign service in disarray, was caught off guard.
Even NBC officials have been caught off guard by the strong viewership figures.
So many times — everyone has been through this — you get caught off guard.
Biden was flustered, caught off-guard by this unexpected expression of lived experience.
The foreign business community has been caught off guard by the new requirement.
Our guest and I were caught off guard, but then politely stopped talking.
" — JAMES CORDEN "And you can tell Trump was caught off guard by Bolton.
Drivers appeared to follow the new rules, though some seemed caught off guard.
Instead of being caught off guard, come prepared with these questions in mind.
She froze for a minute because she was caught off guard, she testified.
THE EGYPTIAN police seemed caught off-guard by the protests on September 20th.
Reuters reported that German government officials were caught off-guard by the letter.
That's one way not to be caught off guard when unexpected costs occur.
But after getting caught off guard in November, officials are taking no chances.
Holm told Eater that she had been caught off guard by the visit.
Despite the warning signs, Dénes says he was surprised to be caught off guard.
So don't get caught off guard  —  this is how very smart people get duped.
Mueller repeatedly seemed caught off guard by Republican attacks, often struggling to defend himself.
People are looking forward to the addition, though they're a bit caught off-guard.
"I think the Russians were caught off guard (by the US strikes)," Hertling said.
Cohn said he was "caught off guard" when he started tweeting that last night.
Yeah, and you'll get caught off guard and then it affects you even more.
White House aides and allies were caught off-guard mid-afternoon when Republican Sen.
Police were caught off guard, said another eyewitness, as Erdogan was yet to arrive.
However, the White House was caught off guard by the reports, according to aides.
"He was caught off-guard by the backlash," his son Todd, a geologist, recalls.
Investors were also caught off guard by the nature of the deal, Stifel says.
But Giuliani conceded that White House officials were caught off guard by his comments.
Caught off guard, Erdogan cautioned Trump against a hasty withdrawal, according to one official.
This way, no one is caught off guard when your classwork becomes a conflict.
Fans were caught off guard by Brie Larson and fiancé Alex Greenwald's reported split.
Imagine how you'll react to each one, so you're not completely caught off guard.
It's still not clear whether elections officials were caught off guard by the surge.
The police, who were caught off-guard in April, are this time better prepared.
White House aides seemed caught off guard by the raids, unprepared with a response.
After their Virginia defeat, Rogers says Republicans won't be caught off guard next year.
Many investors were caught off guard when the rates suddenly shot higher, Mills said.
Ms. Parton had been caught off guard by his decision to retire from management.
So they may be caught off guard when it comes time to begin repayment.
I was caught off guard and, honestly, maybe a little uncomfortable for a moment.
The agency claims to have been caught off-guard by the mystery work-around.
No one seems more caught off guard by the book's success than Ms. Owens.
Initially, Clinton was caught off guard by the public's anger at the political establishment.
Jason Chaffetz, who was caught off-guard in his deep-red Utah two weeks ago.
I'm always caught off guard by how tiring a day walking around outside can be.
Genetic counselors meet with patients who are caught off-guard by their third-party reports.
The look on Baelish's face suggests that he's actually been caught off-guard, for once.
Friday and scuffling with student activists who appeared to have been caught off guard inside.
The characters are constantly caught off guard by the diversity of hungry creatures around them.
A caught-off-guard Midge goes along with it as his smiling straight (wo)man.
Caught off guard, Kourtney doesn't really know what to say and it just ends poorly.
The heat that day was disarming and Lazari was caught off guard by our presence.
Japanese policymakers were caught off guard by the unexpectedly big hit from softening Chinese demand.
I was caught off guard, as I'd been that day I came home from kindergarten.
Critics blamed pollsters when voters were caught off guard by Donald Trump's election in 22016.
Japan was caught off-guard by Trump's decision to suspend joint exercises with South Korea.
It wouldn't be the last time he was caught off guard by a presidential announcement.
Even some of Kudlow's former colleagues at CNBC were caught off guard by his comments.
Rand Paul, Trump lashed out on Twitter, decrying the suggestion he was caught off-guard.
Rand Paul, Trump lashed out on Twitter, decrying the suggestion he was caught off guard.
But I was caught off guard by the alien nature of the landscape I found.
Cities, though, are often caught off guard when these vehicles appear on their streets overnight.
The short notice could be one reason why people were caught off guard, Gowtham said.
Agency heads have been caught off guard when policies affecting them are put into motion.
The approach leaves staffers frequently caught off guard as to where the day will lead.
He continued that State was "caught off guard" by a decision to make the announcement.
Republicans acknowledge Kelly's fundraising prowess but say they are not caught off guard by it.
In Jerusalem, Mr. Pompeo appeared caught off guard by the timing of Mr. Trump's tweet.
"No, I'm not law enforcement," I stuttered, caught off guard by the abruptness of the question.
Caught off guard, the team members started to dig into the company's archival ads data themselves.
Many fans were caught off guard by the ultra-private pair's pregnancy announcement on April 20.
With its cities caught off guard, at least 75 people were killed and 100,000 left homeless.
Her sister was a fighter and she was probably caught off guard by Ortiz, Rosenda mused.
Intel and others were caught off guard, despite being informed about the flaw back in June.
"Even the most virulent critics are caught off guard when confronted with polite cheerfulness," she continues.
Then BuzzFeed News and NYT reported that defense officials were caught off guard by the announcement.
In 2013, the company was caught off guard by a last-minute surge in ecommerce packages.
Mr Rubio was caught off-guard and responded by robotically repeating the same line—yet again.
After they eye had passed, they were caught off guard by deadly winds and high waves.
We might imagine her subjects feeling caught off guard, unaware they were about to be photographed.
But they were caught off guard by the way all of us reacted to their film.
It was hard to not be caught off-guard because they were so stealthy by nature.
Here are the major times the Pentagon appeared to have been caught off guard by Trump.
"This will reduce the odds that you'll be caught off-guard later on," Dr. Lehmiller says.
It's not the first food giant to be caught off guard by a shift in tastes.
Douglas MacArthur were caught off-guard by the Japanese attack and ultimately surrendered in May 1942.
Journalists and pollsters may have been caught off guard by the election of Donald J. Trump.
They had talked about marriage, but Ms. Walker said she still was pleasantly caught off guard.
It seems the Italians were simply caught off guard by Covid-19 spread within their borders.
But he admits he was caught off guard by the political landscape of his own backyard.
In Berlin, lawmakers often complain that they are being caught off-guard by directives from Brussels.
VW, like other automakers, was caught off guard and scrambled to beef up its S.U.V. offerings.
So, your neighbor should not be caught off guard if you approach him about a sale.
Caught off guard, his advisers scrambled to reassure Puerto Rico that Washington was not abandoning it.
Cracks formed in Biden's frontrunner status when he was caught off guard on the debate stage.
Twenty-six Democrats broke party lines to support the measure, catching Democratic leadership caught off guard.
Patients may not have been the only ones caught off guard by the F.D.A.'s warning.
I was so caught off-guard, I was furious with myself, and that's a good shock.
" And one woman, so caught off guard by Colton's lack of bedroom experience – "That's just so weird.
I think Facebook was caught off guard and they take it seriously now, as do some others.
He stopped the car -- a Chrysler minivan -- and was caught off-guard by what the driver said.
"Wow," Stiller, 50, said caught off guard by the first question of the Plead the Fifth segment.
"You distracted me with the boyfriend question," Halsey, 25, said, caught off guard by the ambush-scare.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, another immigration agency under DHS, was also caught off guard by the decision.
And Democrats seemed caught off guard by GOP efforts late in the night to undermine the session.
But I'll be honest with you, I was not only caught off-guard, I was also confused.
Washington was caught off guard by the effectiveness of the North Korean propaganda campaign, U.S. officials said.
After the 20th slide or so, I'm caught off-guard when, finally, he asks me a question.
No one today would be caught off guard if the President tried to sack the special counsel.
At the sound of the gunshot, "everybody was caught off guard and everybody looked up," Heckford recalls.
I was totally caught off guard when Taylor showed up at dinner to interrupt Corinne and me.
"The civilian population in the vulnerable villages was caught off guard by the unprovoked firing," Usman said.
COHN: I HAVE NOT, BUT I DID GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN HE STARTED TWEETING LAST NIGHT.
So they were caught off guard a little, but it was just that kind of natural hang.
We were gloriously caught off-guard by the union, but that doesn't mean we're not into it.
Caught off guard, Haddox staggered backward and fell, with a clatter, into a row of folding chairs.
They spread so fast on the first night, many residents and first responders were caught off guard.
Needless to say, while we were standing there, the PR team was a little caught off guard.
Mnuchin, who has never testified before Congress before, was clearly caught off guard by Brown's aggressive stance.
Preparing for questions is one of the best ways to avoid being caught off guard, Gross advises.
So Doré argues that the right move today is minimizing the risk of getting caught off guard.
Like many in the media, publishing industry executives were caught off-guard by the results on Nov.
Douglas, whose nearly decade-long relationship with Scorsese was coming to an end, was caught off guard.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported that White House officials were caught off guard with Pelosi's swift, decisive response.
But the United States would not be caught off guard again, their class evident from the start.
SAN FRANCISCO — When Amazon introduced its Echo device in late 2014, Google executives were caught off guard.
According to CNN, two White House officials said Friday they were caught off guard by McConnell's statements.
The European Union, which seems to have been caught off guard, on Thursday slammed Mr. Trump's decision.
Caught off guard, Facebook officials stopped mentioning instant personalization in public and entered into the consent agreement.
Each video states the length and optional equipment needed upfront, too, so you're never caught off-guard.
The Times reported in January that Customs and Border Protection was among the agencies caught off guard.
According to Swann, he and the majority of his department were caught off guard by any allegations.
So Ms. Johnson said she was caught off guard by her father's reaction when she became pregnant.
When protests erupted across Iraq this month against corruption and unemployment, Iranian officials were caught off guard.
President Trump was caught off guard by the 'ASEAN-way' handshake at a summit in the Philippines.
Facebook's partners appear to have been caught off-guard by the extent of the backlash to Libra.
Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told Army Radio that Iran was caught off guard by Israel's actions.
The fact that the authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing were caught off guard is no secret.
The hurricanes' unpredictable path caused millions of Americans to be caught off guard by rising flood waters.
You don't want to be caught off guard by a tax bill you will struggle to pay.
Mr. LaPointe braked and avoided hitting the doe, but was caught off guard by what happened next.
Clinton supporters appeared to be caught off guard as they settled in for a long, uncertain election night.
I was caught off guard but not mad when the episode slipped into surrealism for its big finish.
News in December after learning her male coworker made nearly twice her salary—Seacrest seemed caught off guard.
Sciutto appeared caught off guard by the sudden alarm as people in the background can be seen evacuating.
But at least one of Atkin's devoted fans was caught off-guard by the hair pro's offhand confession.
He thinks Thompson will scurry up to Durant and is caught off guard when the exact opposite happens.
"The Pentagon was caught off guard" stories have become a staple of news coverage of the Trump administration.
That's led it to be caught off-guard by privacy mishaps, balancing censorship and safety and thwarting abuse.
Behind the scenes: "Lots of policy folks were caught off guard," a senior Trump administration official told Axios.
"I'm slightly caught off-guard," Schulman says on the first episode of Unglert's podcast, previewed exclusively with PEOPLE.
When Beyoncé announced her second pregnancy to the world, the organizers of Coachella were apparently caught off guard.
Uber faced backlash in 2013 when some passengers were caught off guard by high fares from surge pricing.
See for yourself and decide if shade was thrown or it was simply a caught-off-guard mishap:
See for yourself and decide if shade was thrown or it was simply a caught-off-guard mishap.
Mr. O'Rourke, who was not an especially strong debater in his Senate campaign, appeared badly caught off guard.
Congress was not notified ahead of time, and the Pentagon appeared to be caught off guard as well.
Do you feel he was caught off guard by the tack Mr. Cochran and the defense team took?
In trauma-informed models, clients are told what to expect, so as not to be caught off guard.
We want to be caught off guard when he randomly gives some people a tour of Bakersfield, California.
Caught off guard by the surprise attacks, the British government scrambled to dispatch troops to aid the Norwegians.
The Chinese were caught off guard when he went ahead with tariffs on $200 billion of their exports.
The N.C.A.A. president, Mark Emmert, was caught off guard by Tuesday morning's announcement but pledged his organization's support.
If the Chinese economy doesn't come roaring back as quickly as expected, investors could be caught off guard.
Mr. Xi and other leaders appear to have been caught off guard by the ferocity of the epidemic.
The report indicated that the Chinese government was caught off-guard by Trump's announcement of the signing date.
Some investors were caught off guard by the size of the investment, which cut into Amazon's bottom line.
The IRS proposed the changes in September, but was caught off guard by the reaction from charitable organizations.
When NBC's Andrea Mitchell broke that news to Coats during their interview, he was clearly caught off guard.
He was caught off guard by the president's announcement, The Washington Post reported, citing a person close to him.
Instead of retreating because you've been caught off guard, use this opportunity to take a risk and express yourself!
"People are caught off guard because they didn't think they would need an emergency fund for this," Johnson said.
"I do really think he was caught off-guard in some way by what happened to him," said Marks.
Fans also noted that she looked noticeably embarrassed and caught off-guard when the camera panned over to her.
Wall Street analysts were largely caught off guard after Alphabet posted a rare revenue miss in its earnings report.
Equally, they might be caught off-guard by good news, such as rising wages, that portends higher interest rates.
Brady looks completely caught off-guard about the adorable attack ... which eventually turns into kissing and slight butt-tapping.
Check out tips for how to prepare for a hurricane here to make sure you aren't caught off guard.
The fire shifts without warning, and at least one team has been caught off-guard in a dead end.
When I was a recruiter, I was always caught off-guard when a candidate called me back completely panicked.
"It hurts me to see you be so caught off guard by that," he told the former pageant queen.
These black hole outbursts are so rare and unpredictable that scientists are typically caught off guard by the event.
Keep in mind that your date may be caught off guard, and may not react eloquently in the moment.
"I think the last time I was just so caught off guard by the whole thing," he told reporters.
When a young man he'd attended the CityReach program with died of an overdose, he was caught off-guard.
Societe Generale's resident bear Albert Edwards has admitted to being caught off guard by continuously weak U.S. wage data.
Trump's move was so sudden that his White House staff, accustomed to his impromptu style, was caught off guard.
Many first-time athletes are often caught off guard by the physiological and psychological aspects of tapering, Taylor says.
No one really knew that this was going to happen and I think that everyone was caught off guard.
When Bella, 35, walks into the room wearing inserts in her bra, Danielson is a little caught off guard.
Last year's team surprised with its "opener" strategy, but the league won't be caught off guard this time around.
The move alarmed lawmakers, defense officials, and allies in the region, all of whom where apparently caught off guard.
Utilities and public officials readily brace for storms and heat but can get caught off guard when temperatures drop.
That's not a bad thing—it's how most games scale skill and difficulty—but I was caught off guard.
They'll bet, for example, on docked bike-sharing systems, and then be caught off-guard when dockless scooters arrive.
You can also set an alert after a certain amount of data usage, so you aren't caught off guard.
China's president may have been caught off-guard by what a trade war could mean for his country's economy.
The agency was caught off guard by USCIS' announcement shifting the deferment responsibility to ICE, according to three officials.
This means that if you find yourself caught off guard by a conversation, buying time is a good strategy.
Political and career staffers alike have found themselves caught off-guard by announcements preceded by little deliberation or planning.
The Iranian authorities appear to have been caught off guard by the eruption of large-scale anti-government rallies.
"We were really caught off guard," said Vanita Gupta, the Justice Department's top civil rights prosecutor at the time.
Above all, the White House should never, ever be caught off guard by something coming out of an agency.
I ask people about situations they've faced when they were caught off guard and what they did about it.
This was not a circumstance in which Trump was somehow caught off guard and scrambled for something to say.
"[But] a lot of analysts and investors seemed genuinely caught off-guard when they saw these numbers," Cramer said.
Democrats, though, were caught off guard by Trump's willingness to take their side at the expense of the Republicans.
But caught off-guard by the election of Donald Trump, Google has been putting serious effort into wooing Republicans.
What's really surprising about this past week is how caught off guard the American people were by what transpired.
Rosenstein had told people he was caught off guard and felt he had been used, according to the Times.
However, when the weather snaps to frigid, they can be caught off guard and left essentially defenseless against the elements.
Steven Feldman, a white collar attorney in New York, has seen too many clients caught off-guard in such situations.
That caught off guard investors who expected a 25 basis point cut, prompting a 2% fall in the country's currency.
Most contacted by VICE News on Friday were caught off-guard and still trying to figure out what will happen.
Yet most states are easily caught off guard, according to a new report from Trust for America's Health, issued Tuesday.
It did not offer an explanation for the move, stirring speculation that officials were caught off guard by the news.
Although the law was passed in June, federal officials were reportedly caught off-guard when it took effect in December.
The problem is that the opt-in feature wasn't marketed explicitly enough, which is why users were caught off-guard.
"When first he told me he was in a wheelchair, I was a little bit caught off guard," Raposo admits.
That held true again this time, but much of the market still was caught off guard by the Trump win.
Cities may have been caught off guard by the attacks, but corporations have been quietly battling the problem for years.
Wall Street analysts were mostly caught off guard by Snap's better than expected earnings report after the bell on Tuesday.
Both myself and Austin Walker were caught off guard by this, prompting us to write a letter series about it.
Corden, who served as emcee for the 2017 and 2018 shows, was caught off guard by the good-humored question.
The American public and trans members of the military (who are preparing for the worst) were largely caught off guard.
Having been caught off guard by online protest movements, many are now investing heavily in their web-based propaganda infrastructure.
The 23-year-old was caught off guard by the question, but his answer was totally respectful towards the fans.
Others with financial dealings in Puerto Rico said they were caught off guard and did not know how to respond.
After a holding penalty backed up Kansas to its own 21.2, Willis was caught off guard by a low snap.
Two people advising Trump's transition team on energy and environment issues said they were caught off guard by his remarks.
The company was also caught off guard when demand from the British government and multinational corporations slumped in recent months.
I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down.
Mainstream America was seemingly caught off guard by scenes of torch-wielding white nationalists chanting racist and anti-Semitic slurs.
Sandusky said he had been unprepared and caught off guard when Costas asked if he was sexually attracted to children.
Prepare for stimulating situations introverts often don't fare well when they are caught off-guard or put on the spot.
Tillerson, who had returned from an official trip to Africa hours earlier, was reportedly caught off guard by his dismissal.
Narendra Modi's government — supported largely by the middle classes, upper castes and large businesses — appeared to be caught off guard.
I became so used to wearing them, that I was sometimes caught off guard when someone asked me about one.
He has a butter-pecan skillset in a vanilla carton, and defenders are constantly caught off guard as a result.
NBC was caught off guard by her decision and what followed was yet another wave of warm publicity for her.
But it also shows how Amazon was caught off-guard by the pandemic and unprepared for the potential work disruptions.
But I was still caught off guard when my older child came out to me as transgender, at age 23.
Clearview's founder, Hoan Ton-That, also seemed caught off guard when asked to imagine the negative externalities of his tech.
The industry has been especially caught off guard in Canada, where the federal government has legalized cannabis across the country.
Caught off guard in a quick split with Carlos Beltrán, the New York Mets want some continuity for a change.
Expecting a feature-length movie, many were caught off guard by the 35-minute work that was experimental in tone.
Theirs is a story not uncommon among first-timers, who can find themselves caught off-guard by an unyielding market.
Under Obama, the U.S. was caught off-guard by Russia's campaign and was slow to form a response, Bruen said.
When we discussed The Distance Trap, we talked about Sean O'Malley being caught off guard by a bumping shuffle step.
The SEC appeared to have been caught off-guard by Trump's tweet, and hours passed before it released a statement.
Like many small-business owners, Sherman has been caught off guard by how much the shutdown has impacted his bottom line.
Before you know it, you're caught off guard with subjects that you (let alone your kids) are not quite prepared for.
Kraft Heinz had expected its first offer to be rejected but was caught off guard by the harsh language Unilever used.
" Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White denied that Mattis was caught off guard by the announcement, telling Pentagon reporters: "There were no surprises.
"Guys, I just wanted to let you know that I was caught off-guard, too," Machida said, as translated by MMAJunkie.com.
You can check out the full clip below to see what transpires, and why Kalanick might have been caught off guard.
South Korea, which brokered talks between Washington and Pyongyang, was caught off guard by Trump&aposs abrupt cancellation of the summit.
The Ducks were caught off guard by Central Arkansas' hot start, finding themselves down 14-33 five minutes into the game.
"But I did get caught off guard when [Blankfein] started tweeting last night," said Cohn, referring to Blankein's first-ever tweet.
Caught off guard, some U.S. firms have rushed to place foreign currency orders hedging against further declines in the British pound.
White House officials were also caught off-guard by the release of photos from that session by official Russian state media.
It's the voice in your head that screams for ALL THE CAKE when you're caught off guard with an office birthday.
Others that made bets on macroeconomic trends were caught off guard by wrong-footed bets and had to shutter their firms.
Bayer was caught off guard by the speed of U.S. consumers switching to online stores at the expense of established drugstores.
Make sure you have cash on hand so that you're not caught off guard when your grace period is up. 6.
Republicans were caught off-guard in late December when the president reversed himself and decided not to sign the budget agreement.
Update: It turns out that viewers weren't the only ones caught off guard by Sara Ramirez's decision to leave Grey's Anatomy.
Why this matters: Pharma was caught off guard by the provision last time, and its lobbying was unsuccessful this go-around.
Even those who have been outspoken about Aadhaar's privacy implications were caught off guard by the scale of the recent breach.
Still, the access reporters, the folks who are paid to see these things coming, were caught off-guard by the news.
"I, like everyone else in Washington, was caught off guard by the announcement," said Kyle E. Pomerleau of the Tax Foundation.
People will want to get along today, but they'll be caught off guard by surprises, or they'll act out of character.
Officials who have been drafting the new initiatives seemed to be caught off guard by the leak and the resulting outrage.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has embraced Trump with both arms, but he was caught off guard by today's sanctions announcement.
Lawmakers seemed to be caught off guard by Sessions's decision, and many of them expressed anger that their advice was ignored.
Fans were caught off guard, social media went crazy, and the two brands clocked one of the biggest Super Bowl successes.
An official in Zelensky's office said the president was caught off guard by Giuliani's arrival, learning about it from the media.
She supported the move — she thinks Charleston needs to signal it's a welcoming city — but was caught off guard by it.
I was caught off guard by the tiff as I thought camp memorial visits were already mandatory in German high schools.
Droz said he's not surprised to see hemp become legalized but he was caught off guard by how quickly things evolved.
Many shoppers, not knowing about the Amazon deal before their grocery shopping Monday morning, were caught off guard by the display.
But it's such an anomaly up north that medical professionals in the region might be caught off guard, the authors warned.
If that's not possible they let fans know ahead of time through social media so they don't get caught off guard.
Technology is clearly expanding at a faster and faster pace, and, by many accounts, most of us will be caught off guard.
LafargeHolcim and peer HeidelbergCement recently cut their profit guidance for the full year after being caught off guard by rising energy costs.
In the wake of recent high-profile breaches, corporations and countries alike are scrambling to make sure they aren't caught off-guard.
He was poised, respectful, and didn't appear to be caught off guard or flustered by any of the questions thrown at him.
Even hardened Buffalo residents were caught off-guard as more than 5 feet fell in parts of the city by Wednesday morning.
And on the other, we get unusually informal images of him posing with world leaders or appearing to be caught off guard.
At the time, Uber appeared caught off guard by the lawsuit, with a spokesperson vowing to review the allegations before commenting further.
Mitchell told me he was so caught off guard that he didn't quite believe the announcement applied to his group's planned events.
The most alarming aspect of the iPhone's recent growth troubles has been that Apple management appears to have been caught off guard.
It's important to be specific about the topic of the meeting so they can get prepared and not be caught off guard.
Even you, a smart person like you, Geraldo, were caught off-guard thinking that the president was talking about everyone as animals.
Community members were wary of President Trump's campaign rhetoric, Manna said, but were completely caught off guard by the sudden ICE raids.
Pearl said she was caught off guard when her own son, now grown, asked her that question at the age of 8.
But if and when this regulatory landscape begins to shift, companies with the right solutions in place needn't be caught off guard.
Some White House officials were caught off guard when Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he was planning to make the announcement.
A total of 150 Republicans caught off guard by Hoyer's gambit were put on record in favor of adjourning for the recess.
Grantees were caught off guard when HHS said it would enforce the rules, even though they are still being challenged in court.
The group split sharply from Democratic leaders who seemed caught off guard by the support for Omar and unprepared for the debate.
However, caught off guard by a surge in arrivals, Lopez Obrador's administration is resorting to old tactics based on tough law enforcement.
Seoul has even more to lose from a breakdown in relations than the U.S., and appeared caught off guard by Trump's letter.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's new press secretary, appeared caught off-guard when she was questioned about the Pentagon's surprise at the announcement.
In the afterglow of her match with Federer, Williams was caught off-guard by a question about the Hopman Cup's probable demise.
The company did this with guidance from the SFMTA, so when Skip was denied a permit, the team was caught off guard.
I can tell he's caught off guard as he has no clue how difficult the last 24 hours have been for me.
I was a little caught off guard the first time and did not want to insult the person with a low offer.
Caught off guard, many sought shelter in temporary evacuation centers carrying only the clothes they were in with little to no possessions.
More than 100 Republicans caught off guard by the move were put on record in favor of leaving for the monthlong break.
However, White House officials were caught off guard when Trump tweeted late Thursday afternoon that Bolton would replace McMaster, effective April 9.
Just weeks after the settlement was announced, The Spotted Pig closed -- which left Nelson and other women who settled caught off guard.
It appears that many large corporations have been caught off guard by the dollar's continued resilience and underestimated its potential negative impact.
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Military officials, who were initially caught off guard by Monday night's White House statement, would not discuss what options they were considering.
At various moments in the monthslong protests in Hong Kong, Beijing has been caught off guard, forced to recalibrate its propaganda machine.
MORE (R-Ariz.), notoriously furious when kept out of the loop on Pentagon policy changes, appeared to be equally caught off guard.
It was Friday night in the middle of the rush and our staff was caught off guard as the incident developed quickly.
"When this unexpectedly happened to us at the end of October, we were devastated and caught off-guard," she tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Our entire country was caught off guard in 2016, and that's why Russia was able to cause such chaos in our society.
"After being caught off-guard the second time, I'd rather sleep outside knowing I'm safe than be in there," said Michael Hatchett.
Informing people of the agenda in advance keeps them from being caught off guard—surprise often leads to a negative reaction to plans.
I feel confident knowing that if I'm caught off-guard (hello, snakes in our Manhattan office) I can remain calm and not panic.
"They know," Trump said when asked by CNN's Pamela Brown about immigration officials who said they were caught off guard by the tweets.
You won't be caught off guard by additional taxes, and when tax time comes around, you can be prepared to pay Uncle Sam.
Given that I'd been expecting a simple walk past some props, I was caught off guard by the second part of the experience.
At least half a dozen pilots have reported being caught off guard by sudden descents in the aircraft, according to the Dallas News.
The majority, despite being at a Millennial-centric conference and presumably working in some kind of Millennial-centric field, were caught off guard.
Despite being caught off guard by the move, Gartman explained to CNBC why he doesn't expect the rally, or deal, to last long.
Investors had widely expected the U.K. to vote in favor of remain, and were caught off guard when the final results came through.
The camera's always rolling, after all — there's no time to be caught off guard, even by an unexpected, menstruation-related red carpet moment.
German business leaders caught off guard by the election of Donald Trump are facing the prospect of a new U.S-German trade relationship.
Though Walters knew of Berry's infidelity, when photos first published by Media Take Out surfaced, she was caught off guard by Pearson's story.
Short and anchor Alex Wilcox appeared to enjoy the moment, if not get a caught off guard by just how fast it spread.
It's clear some were aware that they were being filmed, but most of the other women in the crowd were caught off guard.
Apparently, one of the benefits of having low self-esteem is that I am rarely caught off-guard by negative assessments of myself.
And with the Advanced Lane Guidance, you won't get caught off guard by exits and intersections since you know the correct driving lane.
Officials in the West Wing, many of whom weren't aware Trump was planning to fire Comey, appeared caught off guard by the furor.
READ: How Rubio was 'caught off guard' by Trump Cruz and Rubio are also likely to be emboldened by the anti-Trump campaign.
Unrealistic expectations and lack of planning mean that people can easily be caught off-guard when and if they have a health crisis.
But when the pair arrived at the Justice Department to review the electronic communication, officials were caught off-guard by his next move.
Two Republican members familiar with the work on the steering committee told CNN they were caught off guard by Jordan and Meadows' move.
"The victims, obviously were caught off guard by this and they maintained attention on the individual as they crossed the street," Frank said.
Journalists caught off guard by a modern-day racist tended to marvel at Spencer, giving him celebrity treatment that glamorized the alt-right.
But in the fall of 1918, as World War I neared its end, Philadelphia was caught off guard by a different threat: influenza.
I was caught off guard when I spotted swimming pools and swimsuits at this time of year rather than space heaters and sweaters.
It was Trump's decision An administration official briefing reporters on Wednesday insisted anyone caught off guard by the decision hasn't been paying attention.
Joe Biden was caught off guard by Bernie Sanders's wingspan:  Joe Biden noticing Bernie Sanders trying to jump in: A series#DemDebate pic.twitter.
" Pentagon's response -- Caught off guard by the president's announcement, officials only say that the military campaign against ISIS is continuing "at this time.
FDA chief Scott Gottlieb resigns The health-care world was caught off guard by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announcing his resignation on Tuesday.
Like I said, I should have took that and ran it up, but I was just too caught off-guard with the hype.
Like much of the world, Japan was caught off-guard by Trump's on-the-spot acceptance of an invitation for talks with Kim.
It requires extreme conditions: the transfer of tissue between organisms and an immune system caught off-guard, or, in this case, completely depleted.
Between the lines: Pompeo, coming to State straight from the CIA, was caught off guard by some of the stories revealing internal deliberations.
Some European ambassadors in Washington said they were caught off guard by the announcement and are regrouping to sort out their next steps.
That plan failed, in part because Saudi Arabia's Western allies say they were caught off guard and pressured the Saudis to back down.
"The reality is that fewer than 1% of policyholders have lapsed their coverage, and the companies have been caught off guard," he said.
This time, however, federal immigration agencies appeared to be coordinating more closely with local officials, who in December had been caught off guard.
Despite being caught off guard by Mr. Trump's announcement, Mr. Abe may have been reassured by it, at least in the short term.
Lawrence is eventually let off with a warning, as the first officer cracks an unrelated joke, and Lawrence, caught off guard, laughs uncomfortably.
Parts of the Northeast have already been caught off guard by snow squalls, which are short, ferocious bursts of snow and strong wind.
But the White House counsel was nonetheless caught off guard by Trump's tweet announcing his departure, a source familiar with McGahn's thinking said.
Part of the beauty of a sunset is being caught off-guard, being surprised, delighted, and dazzled toward the end of the day.
During the first year months of Trump's presidency, foreign leaders were often caught off-guard by these phone calls and the President's style.
It was Shuzhen's first-ever trip to the United States, and she'd been caught off guard when people at the screening recognized her.
In an interview with Hyperallergic, Fidelis, the curator, said he hadn't been consulted by Santander and was caught off-guard by its decision.
"I felt we were working together, and that's why I was sort of caught off guard by the actual complaint," Mr. Booker said.
According to a defense official, Mr. Esper's office was caught off guard by Mr. Trump's decision to pick him as acting defense secretary.
The lithium establishment got caught off guard by the 2015 price shock but it is showing every sign of having learnt its collective lesson.
When Jake Tapper pointed out to Harris on CNN in January that Biden had once fought federal busing requirements, she was caught off guard.
In fact, when Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell showed Gaga a picture of Garland's dress, the singer was caught off guard in the best way.
When the receptionists, caught off guard, say they can't answer his questions, Andersen huffs in frustration, apparently hoping to imply there's a conspiracy afoot.
It's not possible to opt out of the system, and one shouldn't, unless they like being caught off guard by potentially life-threatening disasters.
Even as the leader of the free world whose life is under a microscope, Trump would likely be caught off guard with the question.
"Almost surprised, and caught off guard by how upset I was about his attacks on Lewis, Donald simply said, "Well he started it Omarosa!
Should higher inflation convince the Fed that more interest-rate hikes are needed sooner, many investors in emerging markets could be caught off guard.
She's also smart to put away a portion of her income for taxes so she's not caught off-guard by how much she owes.
Last year, at least two firms that executed the hedge for Mexico were caught off-guard after oil prices crashed in the fourth quarter.
Khloé admitted she was "caught off-guard" that Gamble showed up in Palm Springs, but acknowledged she may have been unnecessarily rude to him.
The round was a signature away from closing and we were extremely caught off guard when they notified us yesterday they were backing out.
Everyone, including me, was completely caught off guard when news first broke that the two were dating — even more so when they got engaged.
Civil society groups were caught off guard and angered by Zuckerberg's characterization that Facebook's systems had detected the messages, which differed greatly from theirs.
Investors can be forgiven for feeling nervy after being caught off guard by Britain's EU vote and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Willens though said companies won't be caught off guard by any expiring tax benefits and the dislocation wouldn't be as dramatic as some think.
Republicans, seemingly caught off-guard, called a series of votes late that night — and into Thursday morning — in an attempt to stop the protest.
The groups had been anticipating level funding and were caught off guard when the total pot was reduced from $62.5 million to $36.8 million.
Business Insider published a write-up of his remarks the next day with additional comment from WeWork, which had evidently been caught off guard.
Moreover, Europe's politicians and generals were driven by an arrogant certainty in quick victory and fear of looking weak or being caught off-guard.
Bowser acknowledged that city officials were caught off guard by the snow on Wednesday evening, which fell as people were heading home from work.
Neal, meanwhile, is another lawmaker who could be caught off guard: In mid-June he questioned the "seriousness of purpose" of Amatul-Wadud's campaign.
And, because preparation is so key to negotiations, Medvec advised that you ask for more time if you're caught off guard by a conversation.
But some European ambassadors in Washington said they were caught off guard by the announcement and were regrouping to sort out their next steps.
"Being caught off guard is part of the enjoyment, part of the fun and almost like going to an amusement park," Ms. Wortham said.
However he did give them a heads up he was doing it, which they appreciated ... so deputies at the venue weren't caught off guard.
He said the exercises were expensive and "very provocative," though both the Pentagon and South Korean military were caught off guard by the announcement.
Still, many diplomats said privately that they were caught off guard by the announcement, and senior Afghan officials struggled to explain the sudden move.
European countries were caught off guard by US President Donald Trump's announcement of travel restrictions between the US and Europe, CNN reported on Wednesday.
It's a depiction of grieving that will prick anyone who has ever been caught off guard by a sudden longing for a lost person.
Despite initially being caught off guard, Andrews said he went along with the ritual so he didn't interfere with Brady's performance on the field.
When the "Simpsons" character Apu was criticized by some viewers as a mocking Indian caricature, the show's creator, Matt Groening, was caught off guard.
The blog post appeared to be an attempt to address investors and financiers who were caught off guard by his initial tweet, on Aug.
Trump was also upset about preliminary plans to bring coronavirus patients to an Alabama city, telling local officials he was again caught off guard.
Esper said he and Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had been completely caught off guard by the news.
Many of us were caught off guard by the unintended consequences of the first wave of digital technologies, from mass surveillance to election hacking.
The rollout on this was wacky: White House aides charged with crafting the rules were caught off guard and haven't written the policy yet.
Several reports Monday night also said military officials were caught off guard, though White House and Pentagon officials have pushed back on those reports.
The girl was completely caught off guard and didn't have a pad, according to the Nation, causing her to later bleed through her uniform.
"The opposition were caught off guard by the national security narrative and after that it became very difficult to contest on that," Pant said.
Many progressives were caught off-guard when Republicans swiftly passed Trumpcare after failing to even bring it to a vote just a month ago.
" Representative Tim Walberg, a Michigan Republican, said lawmakers were caught off guard by the job cuts and expressed their anger, but added, "nothing was thrown.
The Saudis, who Trump had convinced to pump more oil to make up for the market's loss of Iranian crude, found themselves caught off guard.
You've probably been caught off guard by videos that play automatically on Facebook, Twitter, and other services; in fact, just across the internet in general.
Kaine read a list of headlines included with the story from news stories about the Pentagon being caught off guard by White House defense announcements.
And even their public relations responses seem to suggest they've been caught off guard with no plan in place for messaging when they slip up.
KGW also reports that some retailers have been caught off guard, saying that their products have been certified, but that Amazon pulled their products anyway.
Catch the full interview here Cramer was caught off guard by recent lighting round callers who proposed the stocks of Rapid7, Inogen, and EPAM Systems.
Lil Wayne was completely caught off guard by Drake's new tat honoring him when his prodigy sent him a photo of it ... 5 months ago!!!
I blamed it on the fact that I didn't react quicker—"must work on caught-off-guard reaction for the future," I noted to myself.
Officials were caught off guard there in the final round of the 1992 Open when 20 players shot in the 80s in diabolically difficult conditions.
You'll be so cute and cuddly that even those who know what happens next will be caught off guard by the ferocious creature you become.
Such a scale, if it is successful, could save lives, and prevent people from being caught off guard by torrential, even catastrophic amounts of rain.
In the final days of the debate, the Democratic activists who were so successful in blocking legislation the first time around were caught off guard.
Dove Cameron knew her Liv and Maddie costar Ryan McCartan was the one – but she was completely caught off guard when he popped the question!
As a parent, Ms. McCray explained, she was caught off guard when her daughter, Chiara de Blasio, said she had depression and substance-abuse issues.
Animals in these areas were caught off-guard when flames were fanned by winds of up to 60 miles per hour (97 km per hour).
Roth added that the problems were caused by the customs agency being caught "off guard" by the executive order, which Trump rolled out in January.
"I was completely caught off guard," said Jodi Ray, director of Florida Covering Kids and Families, which is affiliated with the University of South Florida.
But platforms like Facebook have plenty to lose by being caught off-guard should the threat prove real, making preventive action a wise course regardless.
Senate Republicans, caught off-guard, said the announcement seemed "odd" in its timing before Election Day and on Kavanaugh's first day as Supreme Court justice.
And today with sourcing strategies and other things becoming more and more important, if you're not looking longterm, you can easily get caught off-guard.
They may have been caught off guard, but Marsh said he was not surprised that the world's best distance freestyler graced the freestyle sprint relay.
Ernst also said that the divorce documents were intended to be sealed, and that she was "was completely caught off guard" when they were released.
Nintendo said that it never expected the NES Classic Edition to be "an ongoing, long-term product," and was caught off guard by its success.
On social media and in interviews, people said they were caught off guard by what they saw as Ms. Hamilton's disregard for Mr. Friedman's behavior.
A new paper offers one answer: Most plan to, but are increasingly caught off guard by the time and effort it takes to raise children.
There's just one problem  with Trump's strongman-ing: Some U.S. defense officials were unaware of any attack and were caught off guard by Trump's statement.
Recently, forecasters were caught off guard by the sudden intensification of Hurricane Florence, a case in point of how tricky forecasting hurricane intensity can be.
It was an embarrassing turn of events for the de Blasio administration, which appeared to be caught off guard and at first reacted with anger.
China's own experts say that the Beijing leadership has been caught off guard by the pace of change in American perceptions of Sino-American relations.
The report from HHS's Office of Inspector General paints a picture of an agency caught off guard and struggling to catch up with its response.
The report from HHS's Office of Inspector General paints a picture of an agency caught off guard and struggling to catch up with its response.
But the Trump administration never devoted resources commensurate with the perceived danger, critics have charged, and President Trump has acknowledged he was caught off guard.
"Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm," the pope said, referencing the Gospel of St. Mark.
Wall Street experts have been regularly caught off guard by weak consumer prices this year, which has helped fuel expectations for Fed interest rate cuts.
"Japan is a well-prepared nation, to get caught off guard and to have a number of fatalities probably took them by surprise," Bausch said.
We were so caught off guard by the first three words that we could barely read the rest of the first full paragraph on screen.
Perhaps it was meant as a way to defuse the situation so that she wouldn't be caught off guard the way she was last year.
He was expected to tell his caucus not to get caught off guard by Democratic enthusiasm but to still feel hopeful about the GOP agenda.
If the decision to go to Tagovailoa was a surprise to many at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Georgia Coach Kirby Smart was not caught off guard.
"From my perspective, automakers were a little surprised and caught off guard by this threat," said Doug Newcomb, a senior industry analyst at Wards Intelligence.
The officials were caught off guard by some of the specifics and raised questions about how to handle the new banned passengers on US-bound planes.
Elijah Cummings at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was caught off guard when a pallbearer appeared to refuse to shake hands.
"It's important to be clear and not to waffle," Pong said, adding that without protocols, it's much easier to get caught off guard by a request.
But that grown-up life also means that when the random bout of redness, flakiness, or hyperpigmentation pops up, we're often caught off guard and underprepared.
However, McCready's lawyers argued the testimony showed inconsistencies from statements Republican candidate Mark Harris made suggesting he was caught off guard by the concerns about Dowless.
You probably won't see these changes coming, and that's what will stress you out the most: not the changes themselves, but that you're caught off guard.
A source previously told PEOPLE that Ripa was caught off guard by the news, and is "hurt and upset" over the way the situation was handled.
But instead he's totally caught off-guard by what I would say is a pretty easy to follow speech about a sparrow and calculating stock abstractions.
The reality star has also been caught off guard by the "new rules" of dating that have come into fashion with the increased popularity of technology.
The BOJ itself was caught off guard when a cut to its regular bond purchases in January spooked investors who pushed up yields and the yen.
Bankers had previously predicted a very busy session for corporate bond issuance if Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton won, but markets were once again caught off guard.
However, the studio was caught off guard by the fusillade of withering reviews and their were concerns that the poor reception would dampen the opening numbers.
Xu points to tax reform uncertainty and investors being caught off guard in the recent sector rotation as the drivers of low correlations in the market.
Like Brady, many parents are caught off guard — and may even feel disappointed — when they discover that their child isn't interested in their passions or hobbies.
The reports have stirred unrest in the market, which was caught off guard, thinking that the BOJ would not budge an inch from its current stance.
But, the next time I'm caught off-guard by the scent of freshly baked carbs, it might be coming from a fully automated bread-making machine.
While health care costs have historically risen by double digits in any given year, companies have been caught off guard by the dramatic change in circumstances.
The first time, Jake said he was caught off guard while fixing the zipper on his romper, and they were able to successfully grab his dick.
Dr. Esho was caught off-guard and upset, a preview of what the rest of the year would look like for those in the founder's orbit.
"An attorney general whose slipperiness and legalistic hairsplitting had frustrated Democrats for several hours finally appeared to be caught off-guard," The Atlantic's Russell Berman writes.
Her optics game may work when she herself has control over posting the photo or video, but it backfired in this candid, caught-off-guard moment.
The vicissitudes of adolescence are hardly a secret, and yet parents can still feel caught off guard when their 13-year-old acts like a teenager.
Several of the protesters said they were caught off-guard when the group rushed through the police and into their ranks, which included some small children.
Defense Secretary James Mattis was caught off-guard by the controversy surrounding President Trump's now-withdrawn nominee to lead the Army, the Washington Examiner reported Friday.
"We're been really caught off-guard by these fires," said Abram, a professor who works with the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes.
One advocate said many were caught off guard when the FDA simply announced with a notice on its website that the new law is in effect.
The rub, doctors and researchers say, is that the medical system — from front-line nurses to oncologists to emergency rooms — is too often caught off guard.
Its turbocharged engine was responsive and never felt caught off guard, and the six-speed manual allowed me to keep it right where I wanted it.
Investors have been caught off guard each time, because they believe it is rational for both sides to reach an agreement before economic damage is inflicted.
Send them guidelines prior to showing up, so that when you do tell them that they are crossing a boundary, they are not caught off-guard.
Left in the dark about GE's (GE) underlying health, shareholders and even longtime Wall Street analysts were caught off guard when the company's business dramatically deteriorated.
PENTAGON CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY PLEDGE TO STOP JOINT EXERCISES The largest multilateral military exercise in Asia takes place every February in Thailand known as Cobra Gold.
Those prices sparked outrage last summer when customers with high-deductible healthcare plans were caught off guard by the high prices for a once-reasonable healthcare need.
Charlotte's cagey point guard isn't caught off guard, and is able to duck under and recover for a decent contest, executing what Clifford wants him to do.
Beijing's response rattled already jittery investors who were caught off guard by last week's breakdown of efforts reach a trade deal between the world's biggest economic powers.
His lawyers say he was caught off guard and thought they wanted to talk to him about a Russian businessman with a connection to the Trump dossier.
Around the globe, many energy and fuel producers have been caught off guard this year by severe storms, anomalous temperatures and rapid changes to available water supplies.
Like many Iraqis, Washington was caught off guard by the election, in which a coalition organized by al-Sadr took the largest share of the parliamentary vote.
"I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down," the musician told Rolling Stone in 2012.
It's public relations, and the value is in putting a floor in so that Americans aren't completely caught off guard when an invasion occurs in their name.
After the Yom Kippur war of 1973, when Israel was caught off-guard by Egypt and Syria, America mediated a limited "disengagement" in Sinai and the Golan.
That language was not discussed among his top aides or outside advisers, they said, who were caught off guard by the president's use of the strong language.
Ryan Day said Monday he was "caught off-guard" when Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer was placed on administrative leave and he was named interim coach.
She gave us four excellent tips, as well as insight on how to make sure you don't get caught off guard by taxes in the future. 1.
While many members said they were caught off-guard, a bipartisan array of lawmakers applauded the selection of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the investigation.
The initial order took force immediately, which contributed to some of the chaos and uproar, as many airlines, officials and even Republican lawmakers were caught off guard.
Though some Leos will be caught off-guard having to go off-script, many will be excited to open up and tell you what they're really about.
In the wake of the storm, President Donald Trump appeared to be caught off guard, choosing to wait three days before tweeting about the hurricane at all.
"It's much more common for taxpayers at the lower- and middle-income tax brackets to get caught off guard by this," said Morgan at Financial Service Group.
Despite abundant signs in English and Spanish warning of the service changes and staff members at stations answering questions, some riders have still been caught off guard.
This is why the Carter administration was caught off guard by two major events, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of the fundamentalists in Iran.
Even though Legend sent those pointed tweets the night before he texted Kanye directly, he was still caught off guard when the texts ended up on Twitter.
Millions of residents were caught off guard as Michael escalated from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in just two days, leaving little time for preparations.
The bad aim, however, lead to the cheerleader being caught off guard by the pass as she was watching the game from the sidelines with her squad.
But Ms. Liang said that after years of low interest rates and steady gains, investors could be caught off guard when the economy hits a speed bump.
Germany was caught off guard after one of China's wealthiest men last month amassed a $9 billion stake in Daimler, a crown jewel of Germany's auto industry.
South Korea, which was caught off guard by Mr. Trump's decision, may opt to continue its own diplomacy with Mr. Kim, opening a rift with its ally.
Investors were caught off guard in the middle of January when the coronavirus spread from China to the U.S., causing a broad sell-off in risk assets.
Still, Madison seems to have been caught off guard by Peter's admission, and it's possible that she does exit the show as she promised in her ultimatum.
The bushfires are a stark case in point of how the government was caught off guard and could end up in the same position in the future.
Between the lines: Terrorist organization Hezbollah has benefited from the confessional system and was caught off guard by its inability to get its supporters off the streets.
"We were caught off guard and people are still trying to figure out what is going on," one administration official said, nearly three hours after Trump's tweet.
Caught off guard by the demonstrators, the government at first met the protesters' anger with silence, allowing repressive actions by the security forces to dominate the narrative.
When he was shown the ad during an interview with CNN, Mr. Booker said he had not seen it, and was caught "off guard" by its existence.
But in any event, if you're doing regular maintenance (ahem), then you're not likely to be caught off guard by any really big furnace or AC problems.
Some of Mueller's investigators were also caught off guard by Trump's victory lap after the Barr letter was released, people familiar with their response told the Post.
She said she had been caught off guard by what she described as an uncommonly large number of Democrats eager to help, including the former vice president.
Investors who might have been caught off guard by the post-election rally have turned to the options market as a leveraged way to play catch-up.
Foreign business groups and business leaders have also been caught off guard by the way that China has fast-tracked the process of reviewing the new law.
"Never Again," was the anthem of the people after the 9/11 attacks, never again would we let ourselves be caught off guard like that ever again.
But the 51-year-old seemed caught off guard – and irritated – when asked about her statements suggesting that Obama is to blame for her oldest son, Track's, PTSD.
Despite a steady drumbeat of discontent over Windrush, Prime Minister May has been caught off-guard by the issue and forced into a series of apologies and admissions.
The early move left the top brass at the State Department "really caught off guard and pissed," a source familiar with State discussions about the situation told CNN.
Men were more likely than women to feel that remorse; they were also more likely to say they were caught off guard by unexpected purchases their children made.
"I'm a little bit caught off guard and I just said that I didn't want to be photographed even though that's really not what I meant," Kourtney admitted.
Despite Cloudflare's pride in protecting any site, no matter how heinous, Prince says he was caught off guard by the Daily Stormer's attacks on the people who complained.
Some residents in Hiroshima prefecture said they were caught off guard in a region not used to torrents of rainfall, which began Friday and worsened through the weekend.
But the team renovating the T.B. Converse Building in Valdosta, Georgia, were caught off guard when they found an estimated 1,000 teeth buried in a second-floor wall.
"I'm a little bit caught off guard and I just said that I didn't want to be photographed even though that's really not what I meant," she explains.
What we're watching: Scientists will conduct research on this storm to make sure that the official forecasts anticipate such rapid intensification rates, rather than being caught off guard.
" Stephanie Miller, the director of Military Accession Policy, also seemed to be caught off guard, forwarding the tweets and saying she was "standing by for further guidance/instruction.
It was also caught off guard by a Medicare change in a recent spending bill, and failed to persuade lawmakers to reverse that policy in their opioids legislation.
This is why the news media was so caught off guard not only by the Trump campaign's success but also by the equally emotion-based Bernie Sanders campaign.
In Houston, city officials were caught off guard when they learned Southwest Key, a nonprofit contracted to house immigrant children, had leased a building in the downtown area.
LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-establishment votes in Britain and the United States have roiled markets twice this year and investors are determined not to be caught off guard again.
Even the WHO, which oversees IARC, was caught off guard by the agency's announcement that red and processed meat should be classified respectively as probable and known carcinogens.
How can there now be so many iPhone warning signs only a few months after this milestone to the point that even Apple management was caught off guard?
Drummond has been a mainstay for the Pistons since he entered the league in the 2012-13 season, and he was caught off guard by his abrupt departure.
Andrea Valentine, of Cypress, Texas, was caught off guard when her neighbor, Tawnee Gonzalez, offered to be her surrogate after she and her husband had experienced fertility struggles.
The officers appeared to have been caught off guard, according to a recording of police radio that began with calm exchanges and then quickly turned into frantic shouting.
And I was completely caught off guard because not one of my doctors – and I had a team of them – told me to expect this kind of thing.
On top of that, several sources involved in the process said moderates were caught off guard by the news that the other two regulations were on the table.
Many investors in Bayer, which bought Monsanto for $63 billion this year, were caught off guard by the ruling and analysts continue to assess the deal's legal risks.
More recently, many U.S. experts were caught off-guard by how nimbly Kim shifted from his saber-rattling drive to build a nuclear missile arsenal to diplomatic outreach.
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Such a development could push the Fed to resume interest rate hikes, which will hurt markets and the economy if investors are caught off guard, the economist explained.
Trump's comments came a day after congressional and administrative staff appeared to be caught off guard by word of a new tax cut, which first surfaced on Saturday.
Why it matters: The White House has yet to comment on the claim, but some U.S. officials told the AP they were caught off guard by the announcement.
Fans were completely caught off guard after the original ending -- showing Allie and Noah get into their hospital bed together, hold hands and die -- is completely cut out.
The entire industry was caught off guard by the success of iPhone and Android, and absolutely no one was prepared for how to make money on the phone.
Haiku-like journal entries capture Sacks, who was celibate for most of his life, caught off guard by love and turning his clinician's eye on his own feelings.
Trump and Cohen's lawyers, caught off guard by the raids, fear that Cohen may not be transparent about the contents of the seized documents, according to the newspaper.
Perhaps it was their desire to get a good Uber rating — my drivers were all four and above — or maybe they were caught off guard by my questions.
Still, as Braverman relates in her forthcoming book " Coral Whisperers: Scientists on the Brink " (University of California), even the gloomiest were caught off guard by the third event.
It's much easier to get caught off guard by an upsurge in racism and misogyny when there are very few women and people of color covering the news.
Even if prosecutors didn't anticipate Cohen's lawyer taking the tape to CNN, they hardly could have been caught off guard by his willingness to take such a step.
Part of the reason many have been caught off guard is because these protests appear quite different from their 2009 predecessor -- in terms of size, leadership and objective.
According to Reuters, congressional queries regarding the policy shift weren't answered by the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, which was reportedly caught off guard by the decision.
An invasion in New England could mean a repeat of what happened in New Jersey and on Long Island, where state agencies were caught off guard, officials say.
His comments likely found some goodwill with the conference, largely caught off guard by what appeared to be a Democratic-led effort to shape immigration legislation Wednesday night.
In other words, people are working overtime to make sure your weather forecasts haven't been complete nonsense, and that we aren't caught off guard by a weather emergency.
I thought about telling the agent my name was Sergey — common in Russia — but when he answered, he introduced himself as Sergey, and I was caught off guard.
Mr. McConnell and Speaker Paul D. Ryan were hoping for a much longer extension, possibly past next year's election, and were caught off guard by the president's acquiescence.
And still, I have been caught off guard by the pushback from top elected officials and even some friends and acquaintances who keep comparing it to the flu.
But he said that in his view, the central and regional governments, caught off-guard by the virus, had found a convenient point of blame in the church.
But Mr. Rosenstein was caught off guard when Mr. Trump cited the memo in the firing, and he began telling people that he feared he had been used.
At least one of Trump's foreign counterparts -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- seemed momentarily caught off guard Tuesday when a government official refused her handshake during a cabinet meeting.
"Trump was caught off guard by the North Korean general saluting him after he tried awkwardly to shake his hand, then Trump saluted him back," Mr. Armstrong said.
White House officials made no official comment on Mr. Tillerson's disclosure or Mr. Trump's reaction, but advisers privately said the president was upset at being caught off guard.
Some of these businesses — from cruise companies to hoteliers to third-party bookers — deliberately became part of official efforts while others seemed caught off guard by the demand.
Senior officials across the government were caught off guard, and many shared the outrage expressed publicly by Republican lawmakers who called the move an abandonment of American allies.
Despite being caught off guard by the president's suggestion for an unplanned meeting with Ms. Sacoolas, Harry Dunn's parents appeared grateful for Mr. Trump's interest in the case.
Still, the images of Mr. Christie enjoying an empty beach on a perfect beach day infuriated his constituents, who were caught off guard and whose plans were upended.
Laid-off employees from local iHeartMedia radio stations told Business Insider they were caught off guard by the cuts, especially of those who worked in high-performing markets.
He has long touted his Atlanta bona fides, so when Immigration and Customs Enforcement said 27 was British and had overstayed his visa, fans were caught off guard.
The Blissfield Athletics Twitter account explained that Couling was caught off guard by the charging bird as he was keeping an eye on another, probably equally threatening, goose.
One official says there was little coordination on the announcement and sources tell CNN that almost all senior administration officials found themselves caught off guard by the announcement.
The company, which has spent years preparing for the 2020 presidential elections, has been caught off-guard by the Bloomberg campaign's aggressive and unorthodox use of social media.
It may seem unnecessary to do so every time you're using them, but it's better to be safe than sorry — no one wants to be caught off guard.
Two senior officials said they expected the State Department and the National Security Council, both of which were caught off guard by the invitation, to raise objections internally.
The celebration was actually a trap meant to lure the Starks and their bannermen into an enclosed space without their weapons, where they would be caught off guard.
Some of the aides who have been crafting the policy were caught off guard by the plans for an announcement, which The Washington Post first reported Wednesday night.
McGahn was quietly planning his White House exit once Kavanaugh's confirmation is secured, but he was caught off guard by Trump's announcement on Twitter of his impending departure.
He's afforded a benefit of the doubt for being caught off-guard in the first or second inappropriate interaction the president had with him  — but they had nine.
White House officials reportedly did not know about the interview, which was unsupervised and on-the-record, and were caught off guard and frustrated after it was published.
The Daily Beast, which first reported the backlash, reported that many users were caught off guard and were not aware the company had planned to make the change.
If some of his colleagues were caught off guard, Mr. Ferguson, a cerebral former state chess champion, said his office had been bracing for just such an action.
Anthony said he had been caught off guard when he was asked about Jackson's comments about him after the Knicks' blowout loss at the hands of the Cavaliers.
On a routine educational tour of Jerusalem, they were caught off-guard as they disembarked from buses at a popular observation spot with panoramic views of Old City.
Players like LVMH were caught off guard during the recession when flash sale websites like Gilt Groupe sprouted up, offering their excess inventory at a far steeper cost.
Yet activists said Facebook should not have been caught off guard by the UN's findings, and question how committed the company is to fixing its issues in Myanmar.
Some residents in Hiroshima prefecture said they were caught off guard as the region was not used to torrents of rainfall, which began Friday and worsened through the weekend.
Caught off-guard on a holiday weekend, U.S. and Western officials are now appealing for calm, worried that the hostile rhetoric could escalate to something beyond a diplomatic dustup.
Singapore banks, which were caught off-guard by the collapse of oilfield services company Swiber Holdings last year, have taken a hit as companies in the sector restructure debt.
His comments likely found some goodwill with the House conference, largely caught off guard by what appeared to be a Democratic-led effort to shape immigration legislation with Trump.
Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea told BuzzFeed News the city was caught off guard by the wall's construction, but that the city had limited resources to address the issue.
He thought about how there were different levels of knowing, like how there were different levels of consciousness, and perhaps he should not have felt so caught off guard.
Chinese investors, caught off guard by Trump's threats, dumped stocks and sold the yuan on Monday, pushing the currency to a 3-1/23 month low at one point.
Chinese investors, caught off guard by Trump's threats, dumped stocks and sold the yuan on Monday, pushing the currency to a 3-1/2 month low at one point.
Clinton aides were shocked -- and caught off guard -- when Trump held a press conference with three women who had previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual impropriety before Sunday's debate.
Here are five points advisors should review with their clients to make sure they aren't caught off guard once stretch IRAs are out of the picture, according to Levine.
"You have to innovate and be good constantly, so you don't get caught off guard, but also build a moat around the few things you're good at," he added.
Again the majority of losses were seen in the center book which was caught off guard by Donald Trump's unexpected White House victory and the ensuing stock market rally.
Beyloveds are used to surprise announcements from Beyoncé (her 2013 surprise album, 2016's Lemonade, etc), but apparently even Coachella organizers were caught off guard by this latest news.
According to NextGov, the FAA was caught off guard when commercial drone operators registered over 0005,6033 drones in 2603, showing they "dramatically underestimated" how popular the technology would be.
Create 20 mile safe zone.... The AP reported that Turkish officials were caught off guard by Trump's threat, and chided him for speaking to an ally through social media.
The White House is pushing back against reports that military and diplomatic officials were caught off guard by its Monday night warning about a possible Syrian chemical weapons attack.
Caught off guard and humiliated at the polls, the Irish prime minister admitted that his administration had underestimated his countrymen's disdain towards the European Union as a governing body.
Yet its owner, V.C.U. — where the School of Government and Public Affairs is named after Mr. Wilder and where he teaches — was caught off guard by his formal announcement.
The announcement came a day early, surprising some in the Trump administration and leaving the State Department "really caught off guard and pissed," one U.S. official told the network.
Trump's tweets stoked alarm among some senior military officers and Pentagon civilians, who were caught off guard by it, three general officers in two services said early on Thursday.
It highlighted the argument in favor of continued US engagement and why Iraq and other countries were so caught off guard and worried when Trump announced the troop withdrawal.
Talk to others If you're completely caught off guard by a negative review and are really struggling to understand the critique, talk to trusted colleagues familiar with your work.
Mercedes-Benz executives in Stuttgart were at first caught off guard by the approach, but welcomed Geely in meetings on Monday to see how to "constructively discuss" industry changes.
" In a tearful speech that drew many in the crowd to their feet, Close, seemingly caught off-guard when her name was announced, implored women to "find personal fulfillment.
The Daily's editorial staff, 17 Cambodians and 17 foreigners, was caught off-guard by the government's announcement that the paper must pay the enormous tax bill or shut down.
Caught off guard, an industry that had been enjoying fat times off DVD sales and paid sites was unable to counter the wide-scale distribution of its copyrighted work.
Trump no longer consults with him on every policy announcement, and Kelly has found himself as caught off guard by certain announcements as other aides, White House officials say.
In his world, an out-of-town reporter "poking around" a closed case "kind of stunk," he said, and he alerted prosecutors so they wouldn't be caught off guard.
According to The New York Times, the Sussexes&apos own communications staff also had no idea about the website, and were caught off-guard when it was made public.
Yet investors have been caught off-guard by too many surprises during the French campaign – and by votes in other countries – to take a Le Pen defeat for granted.
Almost all developers will find out about these changes today, and though the writing has been on the wall for weeks, it's likely many will be caught off guard.
Knowing how much time you'll need to act is often the difference between being ready to fire as soon as a foe rounds a corner and being caught off-guard.
RWE's municipal shareholders, VkA, which jointly hold about 23 percent in the group, were caught off-guard by the announcement and said the plans would have to be thoroughly examined.
This could help explain why many journalists were caught off guard by the depth of Trump's support — and why the soul-searching in the media continues long after Election Day.
Chaos ensued at airports around the country, as federal officials were caught off guard by the news, leading to protests and litigation over the weekend and into the next weeks.
"Whether it's tariff-related or not, clearly some large producers have greatly underestimated their demand so that the suppliers were caught off guard and unable to provide it," he added.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese investors, caught off guard by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats, dumped stocks and sold the yuan currency on Monday as a fresh deterioration in Sino-U.
I'm a pretty easy read, I kind of wear everything out on my sleeve, so you can tell by my expressions when I'm caught off guard or caught by surprise.
Their conversation is worth reading in full, but something Sarlin wrote caught my eye: I was caught off guard by how specific and personal Democratic voters' issues tended to be.
"The market was caught off-guard by the (Fed's) very dovish tone, so we're getting this bull steepening," said interest rate strategist Gennadiy Goldberg of TD Securities in New York.
Although the magnitude of the market moves surprised some, anyone following political developments in Italy should not have been completely caught off guard, said Christoph Rieger, rates strategist at Commerzbank.
The magnitude of the moves surprised some, however, with Christoph Rieger, rates strategist at Commerzbank, saying followers of political developments in Italy should not have been completely caught off guard.
Federal staffers were caught off guard Thursday by the abrupt departure of David Redl, the Trump appointee running the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Commerce Department's telecom policy shop.
He later admitted he knew about the situation but said he was caught off guard when reporters questioned him about it and admitted lying that he wasn't aware of it.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's sudden decision to ban transgender personnel from serving in the military has alarmed some senior military officers who were caught off guard by it.
A Defense Department official told CNN the statement was coordinated between the highest levels of the White House, State and Pentagon, even though some may have been caught off guard.
Full Super Tuesday resultsRubio alluded to as much when talking to reporters in between campaign events on Tuesday, while acknowledging he was "caught off guard" by the rise of Trump.
In the event of another Arab spring, autocrats would not be caught off guard again because they are now able to monitor protests and intervene when they consider it necessary.
Starting in 2015, newly named Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam and his finance chief, David Mathers, were caught off guard by the scale of their trading division's illiquid trades.
"He can't be viewed by market participants as being reactionary or necessarily caught off guard in terms of how the market responds to his actions or his thoughts," Smith said.
Pompeo's phone call with Kang appeared to be an effort to reassure a key U.S. ally who was caught off-guard by Trump's decision to back out of the meeting.
The EU had struggled in military and humanitarian missions in the Balkans, Libya and in Africa over the past 20 years and were caught off guard by Russia's Crimea annexation.
"People felt they were caught off guard by this," said Josh Fenton, commissioner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, whose members include the seven-time champions North Dakota and Denver.
That rise came after speculators with huge short positions were caught off guard when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cut its corn and soybean harvest views on Jan. 21.
The last time I was really caught off guard was when Sarah Huckabee Sanders said something about people's minds being in the gutter after President Trump's tweet about Kirsten Gillibrand.
Cusack, the principal, told me he had been caught off guard by the requests and worried that having staff write about students to third parties would violate students' privacy rights.
It was initially believed that Mr. Trump had confused the day that the North Korea sanctions were announced, and officials said they were caught off guard by the president's tweet.
Several military officials were caught off guard by the statement from President Trump's press secretary, but it was unclear how closely held the intelligence regarding a potential chemical attack was.
Lawmakers and allies were caught off guard, for example, when The Wall Street Journal reported in October that Trump signed a document signaling his intent to withdraw from Open Skies.
They struggled in military and humanitarian missions in the Balkans, Libya and in Africa over the past 20 years and were caught off guard by Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Harris told the hosts of "The Breakfast Club" radio show in New York that she was caught off guard when asked recently at a town hall about accepting corporate donations.
Defense Secretary James Mattis was caught off guard by President Trump's announcement that he was banning transgender people from serving in the military, according to a New York Times report.
Gellie said that that he was caught off guard during that interview when a Samsung phone given to him by the Chinese displayed text conversations between Mallory and the Chinese recruiter.
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said in an interview Wednesday he was caught off guard by the news of the subpoena and only found out when news reports broke.
Still, some diplomats even in Trump's own administration were caught off guard when he tweeted the invitation for Kim to meet Saturday while attending the final day of the G20 summit.
I won't speak for our Three-Eyed Raven readers who guessed the series's conclusion weeks or even months ago, but it'd be an understatement to say I was caught off-guard.
"This process will be painful for investors who are caught off guard, but those who are prepared have the potential to outperform," a new report from the Urban Land Institute said.
Companies were surely aware that the whole thing was going to plateau and decline eventually, though many have been seemingly caught off-guard by how quickly and severely it has happened.
Johnson said he was "caught off guard" by Trump's decision to pull the Vitiello nomination, saying the ICE nominee had done a "really good job" meeting senators and addressing their concerns.
The plan took Babis and others in his party by surprise and also caught off guard state prosecutors, who are concerned the shuffle will hurt open cases and risk evidence leaking.
In a statement released Friday afternoon by Talese and his publisher Grove Atlantic, Talese claimed that he was caught off-guard by the Post and said things he did not mean.
Trump World, caught off guard by the damaging new reports about Donald Trump Jr., is now buzzing over a key question: Who's trying to throw the president's son under the bus?
San Francisco, which was caught off guard by plans by Ofo and Bluegogo to enter the U.S., recently proposed legislation around how to obtain and maintain a stationless bike-share permit.
Campaign insiders admit they were caught off guard not only by Trump's rise — which confounded political experts — but also by how much money Bush sucked up from the Republican donor class.
And The Times was not the only organization caught off guard: Outside intelligence agencies did not know about the leader's death until the North announced it two days after the fact.
A Government Accountability Office report earlier this year found that the Department of Health and Human Services and DHS were caught off-guard by Sessions's memo on the zero tolerance policy.
In nearly all of the photographs, Lively is caught off guard and can be seen blinking, pulling funny faces or barely in shot while her husband expertly poses for the camera.
From passports that have expired to missing wallets to cell phones that do not work at your destination and other travel snafus, you could be caught off guard by the unexpected.
Caught off guard by the government outreach, the Twitter executives placed Mr. Alzabarah on administrative leave, questioned him and conducted a forensic analysis to determine what information he may have accessed.
"Some people were caught off guard by the rise in corn prices," said Thiago Bernardino de Carvalho, a meat industry analyst at the University of Sao Paulo's Esalq/Cepea think-tank.
But the strongest rains normally begin in July, so the boys and their coach may have been caught off guard when they ventured inside the relatively dry cave on June 23.
He has admitted that the military was caught off-guard by the militants' brazen attack, which occurred as he was traveling in Russia with top officials, including military and police generals.
European ambassadors were reportedly caught off guard by the plan, and the White House immediately began to walk back and clarify some of the claims Trump made in his announcement speech.
It was like watching a pro wrestling match where everyone decided to gang up on a single wrestler in the ring -- and that wrestler was totally and completely caught off-guard.
But the seemingly clear story told by the polls has led us somewhat astray, and it's probably part of why elected officials, journalists and pollsters were caught off guard in 2016.
When peaceful protesters poured into the Iraqi streets this past week, demanding an end to widespread government corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services, the government was caught off guard.
Take a Hike (or Grab Your Blankie) Instead of being caught off guard by that tension, some brides and grooms are taking creative steps to calm themselves on the big weekend.
As a whole, the industry was caught off guard by the rapidly changing demands of its customers, who now prefer to get their news on laptops, smartphones and other digital devices.
Speaking with reporters, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said the central bank had been caught off guard by developments such as weak spending by businesses and a slowdown in household spending.
But lawmakers in particular were caught off guard by Facebook's plans, and the social media giant has been recruiting lobbyists with deep experience in financial services to help bolster its case.
In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party faces a looming reelection, and in Pakistan, the military faces pressure from young nationalists to look powerful after being caught off guard.
"There's a sense of nervousness and caution because a lot of people were caught off guard by the drop yesterday," Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida said.
China was caught off-guard with Trump's decision to meet with Kim, and felt it needed to meet with Kim first to establish itself as a crucial player in Korean Peninsula negotiations.
Jake Dollarhide, CEO of Longbow Asset Management, said the Treasury and the Fed do not want to be caught off guard as they were during the 2008 housing crisis and financial crisis.
Alvarez, 46, however, was caught off guard in the bullfighting plaza by the stray animal, who came charging at him and aggressively drove its horn into the California native's neck and cheek.
U.S. ADMINISTRATION CAUGHT OFF-GUARD Two U.S. officials said the speed with which the Syrians have advanced in Aleppo and the diplomatic track has collapsed caught some in the administration off guard.
In an interview with Vulture, writer Sean Collins brought up the fact that many of his female friends found Ser Davos alluring, and the 56-year-old was definitely caught off guard.
" While Malani says that closing a credit card isn't always a bad thing, she adds that "it's nice to understand how your score will be impacted so you aren't caught off guard.
Washington (CNN)Republican lawmakers were caught off-guard by President Donald Trump's personal attack on "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski Thursday, with several saying the remarks were unbecoming of his office.
"I think markets were really caught off guard today, that's why you are seeing a huge risk-off trade," said Jeff Kravetz, a strategist at the Private Client Reserve at U.S. Bank.
Martin had some success -- he did a hit record with actor Peter Ustinov in 22002 -- but was still caught off-guard when he was asked to take over the label in 22013.
"Our goal is for enemy to be surprised and caught off guard and that is what we have achieved in the past couple of nights with these strikes," Davis told the Examiner.
Energy stocks jumped and plummeted on minor company announcements and the government, caught off guard by the windfall, began altering tax and export policies to secure a bigger share of the pot.
And he was caught off guard by his wife's shot across the bow at one of the top advisers in the West Wing -- a sign that their private conversations clearly aren't functional.
Foreign payment companies were caught off guard last year by the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) directive that said all payments data should be stored "only in India" for "unfettered supervisory access".
He was also caught off guard during a live television interview on Thursday when NBC's Andrea Mitchell informed him that Trump was inviting Putin to Washington for a second summit this fall.
Disney was caught off guard by instability in the former Fox businesses, particularly in the film studio, which released flops like "Dark Phoenix" during the period, and rising costs at Star India.
Caught off-guard Trump and his aides felt they were calling Pelosi's bluff through the letter sent on Wednesday declaring no security threat to the speech that would prevent him from speaking.
Only four players on the Rams roster have played in the title game before and many, including third year quarterback Jared Goff, looked a little caught off guard by the surreal scene.
I was completely caught off guard when I saw that response [from the moderator]… I have been in bush work for a while and have seen my share of shit that happens.
People familiar with Lenya's many recordings may be caught off guard by how high the song's vocal part is; by the 23s and '240s her voice had settled into a husky Sprechstimme.
Go deeper: The Sanders campaign was caught off guard by Mr. Biden's recent surge, but sees the moderate former vice president as the perfect foil for the promise of a political revolution.
I had been caught off guard by how quickly darkness fell that evening and was already feeling spooked when I caught sight of a man running through the bushes beside the path.
"Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm," Pope Francis said while standing under an awning in empty St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.
Otherwise, you might place unrealistic expectations on yourself as a parent (or on the birth itself), or feel caught off guard by the stressors and sudden ups and downs of early parenthood.
The actor appears to have been caught off guard in the photo as he looks up at the camera with his hand near his forehead and showcases his toned abs and biceps.
Of course, the Closet 23 owner was completely caught off guard by Jones' sweet gesture and began to get emotional in the moment, as their friends and family excitedly cheered them on.
Siemens appears to have been caught off guard by the mine controversy, with Kaeser saying in his open letter that he had not been aware of the contract to provide signaling equipment.
Trying to get back in control After the McGahn news detonated, Trump -- as he often does when apparently caught off guard -- took pains to create an impression that he was in control.
The expectation was that he would eventually take over the Oceanic — two older brothers went into the family furniture business — but even Alexandre was caught off guard when his grandfather approached him.
Sahrom had qualified last of the final 16 riders and Glaetzer was completely caught off guard when the Malaysian attacked and roared away for a stunning upset at the Anna Meares Velodrome.
Seade and Ebrard were caught off guard, unable to explain adequately how money in its government's labor department was allocated and how Mexico could live up to its promises on union protections.
Trump was reportedly caught off guard and unnerved by the disclosure that McGahn had cooperated extensively with Mueller's probe and participated in several interviews spanning 30 hours over the last nine months.
House Republicans were similarly caught off-guard last year when Democrats offered amendments restricting the display of the Confederate flag in the aftermath of a racially motivated shooting in Charleston, S.C. Rep.
Because four of the five devices were parcel bombs, Bonick has asked her relatives to let her know if they are sending a package so that she is not caught off guard.
Having assumed easy passage of the amendment, ERA supporters in the states still up for grabs were caught off guard when their ratifying conventions were overrun by conservative activists voting against ratification.
Santee Cooper's Chief Executive Officer Lonnie Carter urged the U.S. government to invest in energy and noted that the country could be caught off guard if sluggish electricity demand began to rise again.
So some grain shippers were caught off guard by last week's river surge that forced the closure of the busy Port of St. Louis and sidelined fleets on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
During the dry, formal phone call with investors, listeners were caught off guard hearing the CEO drop the artist's full name and slang-tastic song title after listing revenue numbers and percentage gains.
The health law's supporters are trying to regalvanize the base that helped beat back previous repeal attempts, worried about being caught off-guard by a new plan that nobody took seriously until recently.
A Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton, Gilbert said she was surprised to see Coffman caught off guard by the sheer number of constituents who showed up to voice their concerns in January.
" KEITH LERNER, CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST, SUNTRUST ADVISORY SERVICES, ATLANTA:     "When you have a shock day like yesterday, people are caught off guard, there are a lot of adjustments going on below the surface.
The president, however, appeared to be caught off guard on several occasions by his emboldened Democratic opponents, who were eager to flex their own political muscles in front of Trump and the cameras.
We respond to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases like measles and Ebola, react to increasing suicides and opioid-related overdoses and get caught off guard by skyrocketing increases in vaping by our youth.
This has been the central argument for a year and a half now among the many people who have been caught off guard by the popularity of Trump and his vision for America.
Zinc bulls have been repeatedly caught off-guard by the sudden appearance of phantom stocks in New Orleans, where metal has been riding a long-running carousel between on- and off-LME storage.
"The serpent moved in for a closer look ... the guy was clearly a bit caught off guard," Taran Vaszocz-Williams, a training chief with Morgan&aposs Point Resort Fire Department, told KTRK-TV .
That various law enforcement agencies were caught off-guard by the danger these white supremacists pose only underscores the FBI still has no idea how to deal with the real far-right threat.
"The participants were caught off guard and it showed a touch of complacency in terms of the vote," said Ryan Larson, head of U.S. equity trading at RBC Global Asset Management in Chicago.
Candidates who might have dodged questions on hot-button policies in the past are now finding themselves discussing once-audacious ideas in public forums, sometimes awkwardly so if they are caught off guard.
Leaders in New York and New Jersey came under heavy criticism, but insisted that they had been caught off guard by the ferocity of the storm after early forecasts predicted just a dusting.
Both sides in the closely watched case appeared caught off guard by the ruling of the judge, U Ye Lwin, who had previously sided with the prosecution in allowing the case to proceed.
Many brokers, caught off guard by the surprise announcement, appeared to continue operating business as usual on Thursday, arguing that the state's guidance was an interpretation of the law, not an enforceable mandate.
" Watching this scene, I was reminded of the most quietly affecting moment in Meghan's interview: when the Duchess, caught off-guard, acknowledges Bradby for checking in with her, saying, "Thank you for asking.
But there may be some explanation for the price and position disparities in weather outlooks and recent trends in supply and demand forecasts, as the market looks to avoid getting caught off guard.
The research and development by OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) for the next generation of autos needs to happen now, especially for an industry caught off guard by the swift transition to electric vehicles.
"If they were caught off guard, they simply haven't been listening to what he's been saying and what he's been talking about and how he's promised to make good trade deals," she said.
Merkel has admitted to being so uncomfortable with surprises as a child that she drew up her Christmas wish-list months in advance to avoid being caught off-guard by an unexpected gift.
"Part of it is just not getting caught off-guard by the fact that it's normal to have those feelings," said Ms. Scott, who used to work at Google in sales and operations.
Minister Melinda Guess tells us she'd never met Cardi or Offset prior to their September day ... and was totally caught off guard when their team called and asked if she'd do the honor.
Automakers and technology firms are striking new alliances to commercialize self-driving cars after being caught off guard by big investments by Silicon Valley companies such as Google, Tesla and Apple into the field.
They oversee securities trading, debt origination and leveraged finance, units that came under fire on Wednesday as CEO Tidjane Thiam said he had been caught off-guard by steep losses on their illiquid positions.
Authorities were caught off guard by Saturday's escalation in violence overshadowing the spontaneous protest movement, dubbed the "yellow vests" because many participants are wearing the fluorescent safety jackets kept in all cars in France.
Investors were caught off guard by Trump's victory, and many Wall Street strategists predicted that if he prevailed over Democrat Hillary Clinton, the market would head into a tailspin of 26.3 percent or more.
Early Monday morning, the popular girl group took to social media to announce that Cabello was exiting the group — and the now solo singer says she was caught off guard by the Twitter revelation.
Supporters of a European defense union say the EU has struggled in military and humanitarian missions in the Balkans, Libya and Africa, and that it was caught off guard by Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Caught off guard Wednesday was the 28th anniversary of the death of the man the university is named after, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a 1920s Pashtun independence activist and pacifist also known as Bacha Khan.
Even Nintendo seemed caught off-guard by how much Sun and Moon 3DS sales skyrocketed in the wake of Pokémon GO. Properly executed, Run could offer Mario a similar windfall amongst a new generation.
The ultimate goal is to get ahead of these events so that the next time the ground shakes or a volcano growls, people won't be caught off guard and lives can potentially be saved.
A barn owl held by National Wildlife Federation naturalist and TV host David Mizejewski gets caught off-guard leaving a Thursday policy briefingto discuss a recent report on the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. Sen.
At one point in the news conference, Ryan appeared caught off-guard when a Fox News reporter asked him to comment about some GOP lawmakers suggesting they would prefer Vice President Pence as president.
President Donald Trump said his wife, first lady Melania Trump, was caught off guard by his surprise Saturday visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and wondered whether he had a heart attack.
Even though the US stock market has recovered about half the gains lost during the recent downturn, investors have been repeatedly caught off guard by alarming profit warnings from major companies in recent weeks.
He can, literally on a whim, deploy American firepower; how else to explain that the US military was caught off-guard by his decision to send National Guard troops to the border with Mexico.
Chuck Kiker, who raises cattle on his farm near Beaumont, about 60 miles (96 km) northeast of Houston, opted to leave his animals in place but was caught off guard by the storm's severity.
Macron's government has been shaken by the unrest, caught off-guard when in November the yellow vests began blocking roads, occupying highway tollbooths and staging violent invasions of Paris and other cities on weekends.
From talk radio studios to the halls of the Capitol, conservatives across the ideological spectrum seemed caught off guard by the president's move, unsure what exactly he had agreed to, if anything at all.
For foreign students living in a country where information is heavily controlled, many like Mr. Rocha and Ryan Trombly, 19, were caught off guard by the sudden panic, adding to their sense of rootlessness.
To believe Bannon is to believe that he was caught off guard after calling the reporter, forgot the rules of conventional journalism or believed a left-wing reporter would keep his incendiary remarks private.
"For the retirement community, a big safety issue is people falling out," said Mr. Seluga, who added that when drivers make a sharp left turn, passengers are often caught off-guard and are thrown.
Afterward, Risch appeared caught off guard by a visibly frustrated group of Republican lawmakers, who privately confronted him to complain that the briefing provided no new information on Khashoggi's killing, according to several sources.
So it was surprising when, on Wednesday, Clinton seemed like she'd been caught off guard when asked during a CNN Democratic town hall why she had accepted $675,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs.
He had entered Germany from Denmark on Friday after leaving Finland, where he had attended a conference and was caught off-guard by the Spanish Supreme Court's unexpected decision to reactivate his arrest warrant.
Giving Meghan, 37, the royal honors to launch the mini F1 cars set up on a dining table, she pressed the button but was completely caught off guard by the incredibly loud explosion that followed.
Like rivals, Nestle is coping with a sluggish economic environment and more demanding consumers in emerging markets, particularly China, where it was caught off-guard by how fast consumers embraced e-commerce and healthier foods.
Several traders and shippers said BP was unlikely the only seller caught off guard by the slowdown in demand and the teapots' troubles, although all said stranded cargoes of this size and duration is rare.
FRANKFURT, Feb 14 (Reuters) - German labour representatives of General Motors' Opel division said they were caught off guard by reports on Tuesday that GM was in talks to sell the European carmaker to PSA Group.
Cruz and Texas Republicans, perhaps caught off guard by such a strong challenge in what was thought to still be a safely red state, have turned to increasingly odd tactics to counter the O'Rourke momentum.
Opposition leaders were caught off guard by the announcement of the talks earlier in the day by coalition head Jesus Torrealba, splintering the disparate group just as it was preparing for a Wednesday street protest.
The note further says that many investors have been caught off guard by gold's resilience over the past couple of weeks and part of this resilience is because of the lingering political uncertainty in Europe.
Rep. David Kustoff was caught off guard when he received an unusual request for a meeting last year: Would he be interested in a one-on-one conversation with the chairman of the Federal Reserve?
And while Leites is far from the striker that Uriah Hall is, he does have power, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that Mousasi will be caught off guard on the feet either.
However, some traders were caught off guard by the speed of the demand downturn in the run-up to and aftermath of China's Lunar New Year holidays last month, with three cargoes now on offer.
Even more alarmingly, 22 percent of ISVAs said that victims in over 75 percent of their cases were not aware that the questioning was going to take place at all—and were caught off guard.
Much of Tesla's energy lately has been spent discussing and planning its manufacturing processes, as it seems to have been caught off-guard by Model 3 pre-order demand that has now exceeded 400,000 units.
Mr. Gulen said he believed that Mr. Erdogan had been caught off guard by the international response to the crackdown, saying the Turkish leader and his associates "did not realize how this would be perceived."
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates' flagship Pure Alpha Strategy posted a double-digit gain in 2018 when many other funds lost money after being caught off guard by the late-year market collapse.
Between the lines: The Trump administration appeared "caught off guard" by Kim's visit to Beijing, "though not terribly surprised by the outcome," Chris Johnson, a former top CIA China analyst now at CSIS tells Axios.
Some top European Central Bank policymakers speaking in Frankfurt may have been caught off guard by the speed of the euro's appreciation, said Lee Jin Yang, macro research analyst for Aberdeen Standard Investments in Singapore.
Trump's team was caught off guard when he announced he was doing a news conference because they recognized it was unlikely he would have anything concrete to announce by the end of the next day.
"People are caught off guard, so they don't beeline for a product but look at everything," said the owner, Analisse Taft-Gersten, who added that the cafes account for 30 percent of her annual revenue.
Even Mr. Sanders seemed caught off guard during a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, the urban radio show targeted to millennials, when a host asked him, "Do we need another white guy as president?"
As soon as the draft became public on Saturday evening, shocked regional and municipal leaders in the north argued that they were caught off-guard and that implementing the rules so suddenly would be impossible.
When officials there were caught off guard by the scale of the floods, and one emergency shelter started flooding, a MaxBowl bowling alley was transformed into a haven for about 500 people, the owner said.
It's a room that you climb into like a cave, and I remember being caught off guard by its playfulness; I learned then that art can be immersive and weird and totally distort your senses.
He explains that word was his response when the R & Company gallery in TriBeCa, asked him to temporarily take over their space this fall (in French, "oops" often expresses surprise or being caught off guard).
Democrats seemed a little caught off guard that Trump, a president they have very little political or personal respect for, could deliver a speech that surprised a lot of people by…sounding like a political speech.
"As evidence continues to emerge that even top Pentagon leaders were caught off guard by the ban, it underscores what was already clear: This was a policy born out of cruelty, not military necessity," he said.
The actress, 42, revealed on the Late Late Show with James Corden that when she met first Oyelowo, who stars alongside her in the new comedy Gringo, she was caught off guard by his comedy chops.
Caught off guard by the development, Clinton and her aides have fiercely objected to the timing of Comney's action, and ramped up pressure on him swiftly release more information about what is contained in the emails.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was clearly caught off-guard during an event for campaign donors on Wednesday night when a Black Lives Matter protester demanded she answer for the justice policies of her husband's presidency.
U.S. intelligence officials on Sunday evening and Monday said they were caught off guard by Trump's reversal and remained concerned about security threats they said the Chinese company poses to the United States and its allies.
Residents in the western part of Redding who hadn&apost been under evacuation orders were caught off guard and had to flee with little notice, causing miles-long traffic jams as flames turned the skies orange.
Eater reports that a new viral video has been released showing unsuspecting customers caught off-guard when Spider-Man himself (a stunt double, of course, not the actual Tom Holland) drops in for his morning jolt.
She's also one of the deadliest characters we've ever seen: We've almost never witnessed Brienne defeated in combat, but in a fight with Arya, she was caught off guard and bested two out of three times.
Republicans caught off guard by the surprise move said it went beyond Trump's authority and warned it would imperil the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement that the White House is pressing Congress to approve.
The auto industry, which has focused its lobbying efforts on influencing emissions standards being crafted by lawmakers in Berlin and Brussels, has been caught off guard by efforts to enforce pollution standards at a regional level.
Before Monday's decision, Commissioner Crystal Rhoades, who voted "no," noted that the alternative route had not been subject to the same scrutiny as the initial proposed route and many property holders could be caught off guard.
In some cases, executives from China, where officials often rein in labor protests, have been caught off guard by the determination of American workers to push back against what they call a heavy-handed management style.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. seemed momentarily caught off guard on Wednesday in a nationally televised climate change forum about whether a host of a fund-raising event for him had ties to the fossil fuel industry.
In an interview broadcast Friday morning on CNN, Mr. Biden said that while he had expected candidates to target him, he had been caught off guard by Ms. Harris's criticism in part because of their relationship.
U.S. and UK officials were caught off guard by Russia's bold move, especially because the Russians even went so far as to steal code from Iran that allowed them to build and launch Tehran "branded" viruses.
With regards to the Republican Party, as he himself admitted many times, he was constantly caught off guard by how rightward the party had drifted and the kind of obstructionist tactics they were willing to employ.
But her family was caught off guard by the final moments of Zei's life, and Kerschen said that she had to ask a friend and hospice nurse to call family to come say an unexpected goodbye.
Tech firms 'don't see this as a priority' This is the latest case of social media companies being caught off guard by killers posting videos of their crimes, and other users then sharing the disturbing footage.
When drug giant Pfizer announced earlier this year it was exiting the neuroscience business, including the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer's, doctors involved in the race to find a cure were caught off guard.
"Dolan did all the right things, but the rules of the game changed so quickly that he's kind of been caught off guard," said David Gibson, the director of Fordham University's Center on Religion and Culture.
Whatever the reason, it's disconcerting to see the Pentagon caught off guard in a time of great uncertainty, especially as relations with North Korea enter a sensitive stage while there's and turmoil on America's southern border.
"I do think there are other projects ... caught off-guard by new grid regulations that will lose their PPAs through delays in being allowed to connect to the grid," Vawser told Reuters in an interview in November.
"Perhaps now we're doing a better job with surveillance in pig," she said, "But I think we could get caught off guard with a reassortment," a shuffling around of genetic material based on this viral genomic structure.
Just as she settled on a living situation, Khloé got caught off guard when Thompson surprised her with a birthday party with her family and friends in L.A. "I've never had a surprise party ever," Khloé said.
Afghanistan's neighbors, caught off-guard by reports of U.S. plans to withdraw thousands of troops, have begun preparing for the risk that a pullout could send hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing across their borders, diplomats say.
"The ECB, and investors, know this will happen but we still think markets and the central bank could get caught off-guard by the speed of normalization, even if the 2 percent 'target' remains elusive," Vistesen added.
The heiress, 92, and the 48-year-old CNN anchor sat down with PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle for a revealing interview – and Cooper was caught off guard by one of his mother's admissions.
Party leaders were caught off guard by Mr. Israel's announcement, but early speculation turned to a handful of well-known Long Island Democrats, including Thomas R. Suozzi, the former Nassau County executive, and Assemblyman Charles D. Lavine.
Authorities were caught off-guard by the escalation in violence after two weeks of nationwide unrest against fuel taxes and high living costs, known as the "yellow vest" movement after the fluorescent jackets worn by the protesters.
Why it matters: The most visible news about breaches is likely going to be about those businesses that are caught off guard — but that may not be representative of the majority of breaches businesses are dealing with.
BOSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates' flagship Pure Alpha Strategy posted a double-digit gain in 2018 when many other funds lost money after being caught off guard by the late-year market collapse.
" A few minutes after Mr. Trump's tweet, the National Weather Service in Birmingham, caught off guard by worried calls from residents, posted its own message on Twitter declaring that "Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian.
Across asset classes, large-cap US stocks and BBB-rated credit spreads are two risky markets where investors are still pricing in low probabilities of a recession — and where he warns they might be caught off-guard.
College students often open new accounts to receive their financial aid "refunds" — money left over after the institution deducts tuition and other costs — and may be caught off guard when the accounts charge overdraft fees, she said.
New York (CNN)Among those caught off guard Tuesday night by the public airing of Michael Cohen's secret recording of a conversation with his then-client Donald Trump: the federal prosecutors conducting the criminal investigation of Cohen.
A senior administration official told CNN on Sunday that it's not accurate to say the Pentagon and State Department were caught off guard by the request, but would not confirm any other details from the Journal's report.
Even the group that was instrumental in her victory in the primary, Grassroots America — We the People, an influential Tea Party organization that gave her a dual endorsement with another candidate, appeared to be caught off guard.
Carmakers and politicians were caught off guard last week by a regional court ruling that backed bans of diesel cars in Stuttgart, undermining their previous lobbying efforts to influence emissions rules being crafted in Berlin and Brussels.
Blaskowicz' Nazi killing attitude (and duel wielded shotguns) usually gets him out of trouble, but after an unexpected confrontation with his fascist-embracing, Nazi-sympathizing father, Blaskowicz is caught off guard—it's still his father, after all.
The New York Times reported that the Pentagon was caught off guard by the change, and service branches and the Office of the Secretary of Defense struggled to give reporters clear answers to questions about the change.
The Republican presidential nominee was talking about the border when he was caught off guard by the demonstration, which appeared to take place several rows back but in line with the stage at the Portland, Maine, rally.
It's funny though, there's definitely people who were caught off guard by Michigan Left and people who didn't like Jackson Square but were brought to the band because Michigan Left offered them something a little bit different.
The Verge and Wired both reported that Google was caught off-guard by Trump's announcement, and that Verily had originally intended to roll the tool out only for health care workers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Google was caught off guard when Trump announced that the government would collaborate with the company to make tools like a website to help with COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, the news website Axios reported on Sunday.
Representative Mark Takano of California, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said he was especially caught off guard when he saw that Representative Elaine Luria, a low-profile Democrat from Virginia, was one of the authors.
Government at all levels has been caught off guard by how quickly new technologies have transformed entire industries and struggled to develop the policies and programs needed to ensure that communities and workers benefit from the changes.
EU regulators were caught off guard last year by one of the largest money-laundering scandals ever, involving some 200 billion euros ($219 billion) in suspicious payments, between 2007 and 2015, through Danske Bank's tiny Estonian branch.
But other self-employed people can get caught off-guard, especially because beyond having to keep track of money to pay their federal and state taxes, people who work for themselves have to pay an additional tax.
The authorities were caught off guard by the escalation in violence after two weeks of nationwide protests against fuel taxes and living costs, known as the "yellow vest" movement after fluorescent jackets kept in all vehicles in France.
Foreign payment companies were caught off guard in April by the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) one-page directive that said all payments data should, within six months, be stored only in the country for "unfettered supervisory access".
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron, caught off guard by violent demonstrations against diesel tax hikes, warned his cabinet on Monday that the protests could tarnish France's image and said the government needed to listen to voter anger.
About halfway toward the front of the cameras, a thick hand in a brown jacket extended in front of Buttigieg, who appeared to be caught off guard before he stopped to look up and see who it was.
Foreign payment companies were caught off guard in April by the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) one-page directive that said all payments data should, within six months, be stored only in the country for "unfettered supervisory access".
Last year, President Duterte admitted that the Philippine security forces had been caught off guard by the militants' assault on Marawi, and he grudgingly asked for help from the country's traditional military allies, the United States and Australia.
But while Trump's tweet states that he consulted with his generals and military experts ahead of making the announcement, US defense officials have indicated that many of the top brass were caught off guard by the policy change.
Stirling Griff, a Nick Xenophon Team candidate who is on track to win a senate seat, said the party was scrambling to pull together its wishlist for negotiations after being caught off-guard by the coalition's poor performance.
"It's like the ultimate awkward situation, and people get tripped up by not knowing how to handle it and being caught off-guard," says Lena Aburdene Derhally, MS, LPC, a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in relationships and anxiety.
Washington (CNN)The White House was caught off-guard by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's suggestion Thursday that Republicans might need to work with Democrats to prop up Obamacare if they fail to pass repeal and replace legislation.
When pushed by Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" Thursday to say something nice about the President, Sanders, who was at first caught off-guard, eventually noted two policy points that the men agreed on during the campaign.
Likely.Banning high-capacity magazines seems likely to significantly decrease the number of fatalities a shooter could inflict in a single attack, and increase chances for bystanders to intervene when the shooter is caught off guard, according to experts.
Mr. Mnuchin has been criticized for weakening safeguards put in place to prevent a repeat of 2008, when regulators were largely caught off guard by the severity of losses at financial firms, including those outside the banking sector.
A recently released redacted report detailing the ambush pointed to an intelligence failure as one of the reasons that the small American force was caught off guard by a large Islamic State force on the Niger-Mali border.
Being prepared, too, can help you avoid getting caught off guard, or help you to more easily pivot the conversation to a subject that you've prepared yourself to talk about in a way that plays to your strengths.
According to the official, leaders at the base were caught off guard by the Italians severely restricting movement in the country and it took roughly a day for the American military to institute new policies on the base.
" I don't think she realized I spoke English because she was very caught off guard when I replied: "As a U.S. citizen I know that because I live in America, I can speak in any language I please.
Control Risks says that President Donald Trump's campaign for a second term will drive decision-making in foreign policy, increasing the chance that investors will be caught off guard by populist moves favoring US factory workers or farmers.
But the president's meeting with the caucus will come after GOP senators appeared to be caught off guard when Trump privately encouraged bipartisan health care negotiations only to publicly suggest he couldn't support the details of the agreement.
Beijing seemed caught off-guard by the response to Li's death, and the Chinese government initially directed state-controlled news outlets to say that he was still on life support and in critical condition, according to the BBC.
Mr. Zuckerberg is set to focus this year on securing the platform in the run-up to the November election, aiming to avoid being caught off guard with disinformation and foreign interference as the company was in 2016.
Google had reportedly been caught off guard when President Donald Trump announced in a news conference Friday that it was working on a website to help screen Americans for the virus and direct them to the appropriate resources.
The play was designed to generate an open three but the Raptors still came away with two points because everyone involved did exactly what they were supposed to do against an intelligent defense that wasn't entirely caught off guard.
"We were caught off guard," Alexander Cartwright, the chancellor of the Columbia campus who started last year, told the Chronicle, adding that, in a time of rampant misinformation that molds people's viewpoints, rebuilding trust in any institution is difficult.
The 29-year-old Victoria&aposs Secret model  welcomed her second child  in mid-June and was caught off guard by the negative messages she was receiving about her post-baby body following a recent beach trip in Brazil.
If Byrne's subsequent solo foray into tropicalia inspires little more than a Pavlovian craving for Nandos when you hear it however, then it could be that he got caught off guard and took it all a bit too seriously.
Of course, Chile isn't the only country that's been caught off-guard by a record fire season in recent years: parts of the western and southern United States, Canada and Australia have also grappled with once-unimaginable pyrotechnic devastation.
But while the Retpoline team says they weren't caught off guard, the code for the tool wasn't made public until the day after the official announcement of the flaw, in part because of the haphazard break in the embargo.
PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris wax museum unveiled a Donald Trump effigy with real human hair on Thursday, having being caught off guard with a half-ready figure of Hillary Clinton when he won the U.S. presidential election in November.
But they caught on fairly quickly, at first just among the former Fireworks fans who were caught off guard by the group bearing absolutely no similarity to pop punk, but then it started seeping in to a wider audience.
Following the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, which killed over 168,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province, aid workers arriving to the area "were caught off guard" and did not know the province was under martial law, she said.
Representatives of several major game companies reached by The Verge were caught off-guard by the announcement, and we were unable to locate anyone in the industry who had been contacted or said they would be willing to attend.
Without local buy-in and regulatory compliance, companies may well find themselves caught off guard and on the wrong side of unexpected policy shifts, such as the European Union's recent move to claim unpaid taxes from Silicon Valley giants.
" However, he was surprised that police had not detected it previously, given the apparent high level of organization, but added that forces all over the world are being "caught off guard and surprised by low level, small scale attacks.
Officials were caught off guard back then, when strong winds on Saturday night and into Sunday dried out the greens and made some of them all but unplayable, turning a major championship into a sick version of putt putt.
Aides felt caught off guard when Pelosi publicly released her letter calling on Trump to postpone his State of the Union address, or deliver it in writing, and felt canceling the military air travel would be an ideal response.
The Social Security Administration expected the number of applicants to decline after the recession when the total number of beneficiaries topped out, but even government number crunchers were caught off guard by the steepness and duration of the fall.
Like many legacy software companies that cater to the huge corporate computing market, Microsoft was caught off guard by the emergence of cloud computing in the form of online storage and computing services offered by the internet retailer Amazon.
Mr. Trump, whose own aides are often caught off guard by his brash, unpredictable remarks, advocates putting "America first," has attacked women by insulting their looks, disparages migrants and has sought to undermine international accords to fight global warming.
But when news broke late Thursday night that she had been pushed out after revealing what one person described as intimate information during an off-the-record dinner with reporters, three senior officials said they were caught off-guard.
The Social Security Administration expected the number of applicants to decline after the recession when the total number of beneficiaries topped out, but even government number crunchers were caught off guard by the steepness and duration of the fall.
"If they were caught off guard they simply haven't been listening to what he's been saying and what he's been talking about and how he's promised to make good trade deals," said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Evidently caught off guard by the level of detail in the book, White House officials were soliciting advice from allies on how to respond to the book as recently as this weekend, a person familiar with those conversations said.
"Part of it is [that] some voters will be caught off guard, not realizing that they can't vote, once we get to some states that are not used to being in the mix in a competitive primary," predicted Murray.
And when the time comes for Jessa to give birth to her third child, things don't go as planned: "We were very caught off-guard with my water breaking," says Jessa, who gave birth on her couch at home.
It wasn't that I didn't believe it, but rather, that the event was one we'd rehearsed so many times that now that it had actually happened, many of us — Cubans, both and off the island — were caught off guard.
It's unclear if the former "Apprentice" contestant received permission for the shoot in advance, but security and White House aides were caught off guard and had to ban Manigault from posting the pictures online, citing security and ethical concerns.
Because we've already seen how communities in California living in high and very high fire hazard severity zones can be caught off guard and suffer horrendous effects when climate change exacerbates the weather conditions that create a monster fire.
"You saw what's recently happened, you heard the reports, I didn't see them, I just saw the reports today, where our NATO allies caught off guard making fun of the President of the United States of America," Biden said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was not caught off guard by President Donald Trump's announcement that he was suspending military exercises with South Korea, a Pentagon spokeswoman said on Tuesday, adding he was consulted ahead of time.
Hedge funds were caught off guard by the surprise Election Day victory of Donald Trump in November, which helped spark a more-than-12-percent rally in the S&P 500 on the prospect of lower taxes and lighter regulation.
It's a pretty straightforward process: You take a snapshot of the parking sign near where your vehicle is and the app grabs data relating to the spot restrictions so you're not caught off-guard parking where you're not supposed to.
It's nothing new in facials, but I'm always caught off-guard by how freezing it is — I found myself short of breath and gulping for air at points, but it's worth it for how squeaky clean it makes you feel.
The fact that conscientious people think their fantasies through very carefully is probably what accounts for why they tend to have better experiences acting on them—they're less likely to be caught off guard because they've already planned for the unexpected.
Day 50 — March 10: Forty-six U.S. attorneys appointed by Barack Obama were caught off-guard Friday when Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked each of them to resign and move out of their offices by the end of the day.

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