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Which Shakespeare play includes characters left bewildered by magic?

bewildered

[bih-wil-derd] / bɪˈwɪl dərd /


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Cong has bewildered opponents at weigh-ins while wearing the face paint, and says she even adopts the Joker alias when using social media messaging back home in China.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Other times, I was interviewing believers and, more often, their bewildered loved ones.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

At first, I was pleasantly surprised, if a little bewildered because of who they came from.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

“I don’t understand it. What can there be in a simple little story like that to make people praise it so?” she said, quite bewildered.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott


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