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
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
“It’s an acoustical baffle that’s also soft to the touch,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
‘That would not baffle a Ranger,’ said Gimli.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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
"It just baffles me that in 2025 there is still no talk of regulation really coming to Northern Ireland," she told BBC News NI.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
After bringing the RTG into the Hab, I very carefully glued some tubing around the heat baffles.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
When officers finally acted, they pulled only half the hose out, leaving the rest coiled inside the cabinet, and stood there baffled as to why the water wouldn’t flow.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I understand that I have value as a performer, but I still don’t get how I got this part,” he says, sounding a bit baffled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
What’s more, many dealers remain baffled that Polestar wasn’t able to obtain the OK to keep selling in the U.S. when Volvo was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Again the audience howled, and John Isidore felt baffled and impotent rage seep up into the back of his neck.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Ms. Lowrey highlights the inept and baffling design of many of these programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
If you find that phrase baffling, consider yourself fortunate.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
But the licensing officer threatened to pull the plug on the show if the orchestra didn’t pay up, baffling musicians who joined their conductor to see what was causing the delay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Stand-in captain Joe Root's tactics were baffling on a second morning that began England's spiral.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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