bafflement
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Labour ministers, MPs and officials have expressed bafflement at the appearance of two veteran Labour figures.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Eliot got it from the start, but in Woolf’s case bafflement joined forces with snobbery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The Korean news site put into context its bafflement that the Dodgers have limited Kim to one appearance this entire postseason, as a pinch-runner.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
It was met with bafflement at why a provocative television host was being tapped to run the Pentagon.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024
Then, to his bafflement, he saw the three of them come out of the souvenir shop in perfect formation with Prosper and Bo in the middle.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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