bewildering
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But Jareth and “Labyrinth” introduced a new generation to the magnitude of his bewildering, potent artistic sorcery.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
An avid numerologist, in 1987, he issued new currency in denominations of nine -- a digit considered auspicious, but bewildering shoppers with mental arithmetic.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
“It’s bewildering and dizzying and, I think, disorienting for everyone. People don’t know what’s coming next.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Just as early youth means the endless fascination of new encounters, it also brings sudden, bewildering losses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
It feels to Marie-Laure as if they have wound these past four days toward the center of a bewildering maze, and now they are tiptoeing past the pickets of some final interior cell.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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