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boggle

[bog-uhl] / ˈbɒg əl /


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They often feature steam-bent wood that makes my mind boggle when I visit, with its twists and turns.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

But Santos’ wardrobe, and his ability to ape an archetype, is a testament to just how much appearance can boggle the mind.

From Slate May 16, 2023

Still, it would boggle my mind if this enthralling masterpiece is overlooked when nominations are announced next month.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2022

It might boggle the mind, but I wonder if Beyoncé's approach to women's empowerment shows that even Black women can have white feminist leanings.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2021

I can tell yer arf the right 'uns even ain't quite in the know, And there's lots o' little fakes to make 'em boggle, or go slow.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 20, 1892 by Various

It boggles the mind for most people to try to think their way into the perspective of a person like this, so assured of the invincibility that the shield of their untold wealth affords them.

From Slate Nov. 14, 2025

Lilla boggles at labeling a system as fascist simply because it is a taboo word that one should not mention.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2025

That’s on top of the 16 gigawatts of deals announced in the last three weeks, with AMD and Nvidia—a scale of computing power that boggles the mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

"That we haven't had elections in all of this time just boggles the mind," says Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2025

It boggles me trying to think how Julie managed to communicate all this with the Gestapo captain listening.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

He seemed boggled at how a candidate with thousands of people screaming for him could be deemed the less electable one.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

“We were boggled they felt they could handle it without chains and backwards at a fairly high speed,” Mr. Bullard said.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2022

“I’d invite him in,” she lamely replied, boggled as to what they were looking for.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

Yet my previous audio immersions in Joyce assured me that the text my eyes boggled at, my ears could relish.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2021

It always boggled my mind to think of the great mountains and wide rivers across which he had people bring the papers just for his reading pleasure.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

Skip boggling digital noise machines with 50+ whale sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

His latest act of brilliance, trading Taylor Ward for an injured pitcher who hasn’t played for well over a year, is mind boggling.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

Vitale has helped steer the brand to record profits, which she said was "mind boggling" when "every other brand in the fashion world has declined during that period".

From BBC Mar. 14, 2025

Eco-disaster figures are always so mind boggling, it’s easy to block them out as too big a problem for a single individual to consider.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2024

The mind, already jelled by the advances in modern communication so that further boggling is impossible, twitches.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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