baffle

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

But it is just this demand—- the requirement that citizens find ways to navigate a social world which will, necessarily, often baffle and horrify them—- that liberal societies must impose.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023

“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

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

“Sometimes it baffles us,” said chief prosecutor Hsing Tai-chao.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

"Why anybody was rioting in other towns away from Southport, it baffles me," says Mr Iqbal.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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

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

Because of that, it always baffled me how some people managed to retire with significant wealth.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

My tech friends are exuberant about abundance, reluctant to discuss who will benefit from it, and baffled that so many Americans are anxious about AI and questioning capitalism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

For a moment Meggie almost felt sorry for him—he looked so sleepy and baffled.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

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

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

As if being ripped nationwide for his travel plans wasn’t painful enough, McVay will also be skewered for a baffling decision on a third-quarter play that could have rescued the Rams but instead doomed them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

Of all the things she said to me, this was maybe the most baffling.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman