bamboozle

At a time when teams are increasingly relying on spin over raw power to bamboozle opposing hitters, Schlittler has found overwhelming success by doing the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Hitler ran a regime that engaged in elaborate charades to bamboozle sympathetic and influential foreigners about the nature of the Nazi state.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

I can see Fury getting caught consistently on the way in and the angles and the footwork of Usyk will bamboozle him at times.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

They are not trying to bamboozle us; that’s just the way they think.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Yet it’s a good time to revive a play about a ruthless leader who bamboozles the public while wreaking havoc on his government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

In the process, I think that's what it is, the process bamboozles you.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023

The sorcerer Prospero bamboozles his shipwrecked enemies with astonishing illusions.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

Adil Rashid bamboozles Babar Azam with a googly as the Pakistan captain is stumped by Jos Buttler in the T20 series decider at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2021

He bamboozles us into producing his play, then runs off and leaves us to sink or swim.

From The Light of the Star A Novel by Hamlin Garland

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Novelties at Mayer am Nussberg that would have bamboozled Keller's ancestors include vegan food, alcohol-free wine -- of which Keller offers four sorts -- and self-service order touchscreens.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Young adults aren’t confused or bamboozled by the risks they’re taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

And some are genuinely bamboozled by what is going on - is it tension between McSweeney and the minister Darren Jones, now Starmer's right-hand man?

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

He’d either bamboozled me or had a little fun, neither of which was the outcome I’d hoped for.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Now, the pitch that ruled the 1980s is out of hibernation—and bamboozling hitters everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

This worked to an extent, especially in terms of bamboozling the media into misreporting what he actually said.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024

Given the momentum Rangers had going into it, the one-sided nature was bamboozling.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

Much of the criticism of Ms. Swift, meanwhile, seems tinged with condescension, suggesting that a 33-year-old female pop star is a gullible naïf, ripe for bamboozling by political operators.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

But they had succeeded in playing a very simple trick, bamboozling the Mark commander, attacking his sentries and escaping by night.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams