The surprise omission led to much conjecturing about the reasoning.

I totally forgot my biggest surprise omission was....Girls - Father Son And Holy Ghost.

Alan Hollinghurst's book The Stranger's Child is a surprise omission from the Booker prize shortlist.

Waikato were the surprise omission.

He was a surprise omission from Slaven Bilić's Euro 2008 squad.

The roster that was announced Tuesday had only one surprise omission: Shawn Marion, a veteran of the 2004 Olympic team and an N.B.A. All-Star.

Mr. Baker signaled a willingness to seek a compromise with a surprise omission from a speech he made this morning to 3,000 officials and private bankers who had assembled for the meeting here.

Jackson was a surprise omission at the start of 1973-74 but he came back after two matches.

The next year he was a surprise omission from the 1935-36 tour of Great Britain.

In 2003, his luck began to change and he was a surprise omission [1] from the Dublin squad.