baffle
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Last year's attempt was ended in the most extraordinary style by Djokovic who, playing through the pain of a torn hamstring, used his nous to baffle Alcaraz and come through a four-set thriller.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Eventually, Ver’s team and Bhirud hit on the deal that would baffle criminal tax experts.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
He empathizes with people born in the 1940s who feel irrelevant, since even 20-year-olds now baffle him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
The question of how these two—a vulgar revolutionary and a soft-spoken, polite epitome of the GOP old guard—have stayed together for so long, with such limited drama between them, can baffle observers.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025
“The things we know; the things we think we know but don’t know for sure; and the things that totally baffle us and are driving us bonkers.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
“Sometimes it baffles us,” said chief prosecutor Hsing Tai-chao.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
“It baffles all of us as animal lovers. Who could do this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
The version of America to which they return, where rideshares and all-gender bathrooms are now the norm, baffles them.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2025
“We need to go grease the baffles on the bird feeders.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Michael O'Neill has said he was "baffled" by some of the refereeing decisions in Friday's 1-0 win in Georgia.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some residents are baffled that a growing city is having such a money problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Because of that, it always baffled me how some people managed to retire with significant wealth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Since history's most powerful telescope went online in 2022, it has been spotting many extremely bright cosmic objects dubbed "little red dots" in the early universe that have baffled scientists.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ashmodai had stepped up onto the stage, leaving her baffled and confused in the aisle.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
A new documentary is reviving the stirring if maddening voyage of the “Mighty Mary,” a groundbreaking America’s Cup crew undermined by one of the most baffling backroom deals in sports history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But as a casual observer of college football, ESPN’s offer to Cruz initially struck me as a baffling spectacle.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
She said the authority found the shift towards more fly-tipping "baffling" and said they were struggling to "figure out how to talk to people" about the issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
So what better time to drop a new album full of arcane jokes, baffling vocal affects and light conspiracy theorizing?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
And suddenly my behaviour seemed to me utterly baffling.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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