bewilderment
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But a little bit of bewilderment can be a very good thing.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
New Liverpool recruit Jeremy Jacquet, who had been caught upfield, gestured in bewilderment at his fellow Rennes defenders.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Elsewhere in the crowd, bewilderment laced with anger when families who had been informed that their loved ones would be released discovered they weren’t on the buses after all.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
At the end, there seemed to be bewilderment among the masses of Hampden, a dazed feeling about how to react to what they'd just witnessed.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
I remember every heart-stomping look of disappointment, of embarrassment, of bewilderment from him.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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The Giver
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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