bewildering
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"They send such a bewildering amount of information through that a lay person couldn't understand it," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
But Jareth and “Labyrinth” introduced a new generation to the magnitude of his bewildering, potent artistic sorcery.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
An avid numerologist, in 1987, he issued new currency in denominations of nine -- a digit considered auspicious, but bewildering shoppers with mental arithmetic.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
Residents and officials were left grappling with a bewildering question: How did the fire become so deadly so quickly?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Many academic articles contain bewildering non sequiturs and digressions that the authors stuck in at the insistence of an anonymous reviewer who had the power to reject it from the journal if they didn’t comply.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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