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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

Sugar-Girl nudged Otis with her elbow, and he stepped up and helped them get her situated between the extractor and the baffle tank.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

"As a regular cinema and theatre-goer, it is the bane of my life. Just turn it off and enjoy what you're watching. It truly baffles me."

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 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

“It baffles all of us as animal lovers. Who could do this?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025

At the same time, it can’t be so complex that the first time around it baffles the children and turns them off.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

“Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie renewed her plea for information regarding her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, whose disappearance nearly six months ago has baffled investigators and left her family searching for answers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Ashley Baxter said he was "baffled, disappointed and outraged" by the situation and said his council would explore ways of overturning the decision.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

If you’re baffled by that choice, or Michelle Pfeiffer’s comedy supporting nod for “Margo” while getting nothing for carrying “The Madison,” you’re right to have very pointed questions.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Four years later, he’s no less baffled to have become the subject of a new documentary, “Peter Asher: Everywhere Man,” directed by the filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The Underlanders were baffled by his anger and stung by his tone, even if they couldn’t understand his words.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Ms. Lowrey highlights the inept and baffling design of many of these programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

Even more baffling is the fact that just one week ago a mountain lion was found in a residential area of Santa Monica, which similarly prompted shelter-in-place warnings for people living nearby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

But it’s still baffling, to say the least.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

At first I find the videos on kitchens and bathrooms baffling, and it takes me several minutes to realize why: there is no water, or almost no water, involved.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich