bewildered
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After Bondi came in, he was left bewildered when his team was ordered to abandon its work.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
"I'm not angry. I'm just bewildered, confused, unhappy," she said.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
“Then watch bewildered as the waves of our inconstancy lap them away, along with the footprints of the builder.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Mullin then did stand his butt up, before the bewildered committee chairman, Bernie Sanders, stopped it.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
In the center of the road stood an older guy with a pack and a curiously bewildered look, as if he had just woken from a trance and found himself unaccountably in this place.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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