stumped
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Stair-climbing has stumped the robotics field for decades, as the activity requires continuous center-of-gravity shifts and visual information processing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
I recently finished an ice cream in Copenhagen and found myself stumped at the trash bins, wrapper in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
In recent months, both OpenAI and Anthropic have turned complex mathematics into an unusual form of marketing for their smartest models, trumpeting solutions to problems that had stumped humans for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
On this occasion, he tried to wallop the spin of Tharindu Rathnayake over long-on and was stumped by a distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Really stumped this time, Harry found nothing else to say.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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