befuddled
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A tall kid with long black hair wearing a sheepskin-lined jean jacket, big silver belt buckle, and a black cowboy hat was looking around the grounds, obviously befuddled.
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When Jay goes on to paraphrase “Baldwin” on the subject of white racism, Leigh is befuddled: “Alec Baldwin’s black?” he sputters.
The music crashed to a stop and he turned a befuddled glare toward the audience.
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My befuddled brain simply thinks it’s another hallucination and I wait for it to disappear.
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The exit unwound a transaction that befuddled shareholders and led to a steep selloff in Masimo shares.
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