bewildering

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But the Health and Human Services Secretary’s statements at a House hearing last Thursday were as bewildering as the FDA rejection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Shibley Telhami, a professor of peace and development at the University of Maryland and a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, says the threat of a blockade was "bewildering and seems self-defeating."

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

There is something intuitively catchy about brain attack, even if it’s also a little bewildering.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Gloriously unpredictable and, at times, impossible to read, they are wildly entertaining - bewildering, bewitching, brilliant.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The marshes were bewildering and treacherous, and there was no permanent trail even for Rangers to find through their shifting quagmires.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien