baffle
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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
So the Queensferry Crossing was fitted with 3.5m-high baffle barriers to break up and deflect gusts of wind.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
“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
"As a mother myself, I feel like we already have to deal with a lot. We don't have the mental health support that we should have. It just baffles and really saddens me," she added.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
That said, the Recording Academy never goes too long without making a choice that baffles everybody, as when Jon Batiste beat Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
Among them is Clarence Willard, billed in a 1920s Vaudeville advertisement as “the man who grows” and “completely baffles all medical and scientific experts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
There is much about Chris that still baffles him and always will, but now he is a little less baffled.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
The Tulare County elections office in the Central Valley was suddenly getting peppered with questions from baffled voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
She was baffled by the notice from the elections office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I was just baffled by the quality of the refereeing."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
A baffled Erika felt that her mom had been replaced with a combative and paranoid stranger.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
She just seemed lost afterward, peering around in a baffled way.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Then came Shadab and another baffling defeat for England, who could be out before they play their final game against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
If that seems a bit baffling, that’s also the point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Chutzpah, however, is sometimes all it takes to get this kind of baffling, brazen and potentially exploitative deal across the finish line.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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
The young man seemed to find this remark rather baffling.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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