bemused
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Just like on day one, the majority of the world's leading players were again left befuddled and bemused by a punishing course set-up.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
A bemused Charles looked on while Camilla laughed out loud.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
He’s bemused in retrospect by the strange spectacle of a “little white boy in short trousers” frolicking with a Black man old enough to be his father.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“Snazzy. Does the job,” said Ruscha, looking bemused and speaking in short bursts of headline-style phrases like one of his famous paintings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Her eyes turned to Penelope with desire to make her lord, her husband, known—in vain, because Athena had bemused the queen, so that she took no notice, paid no heed.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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