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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 thought Pheola might boggle about going into my apartment, but she came readily enough.

From The Right Time by John Berryman

“Every single person is valuable. Every family is valuable. It boggles the mind that the attorney general would want to take this option away from so many people.”

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

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

What possessed the stadium 'entertainment' people to play Sweet Caroline as Ryan was being tended to boggles the mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

The notion that a person could be a “gift” offends and boggles modern minds.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

When I got to Oakland, my girlfriend picked me up, and was boggled that I could not stop laughing for days.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

But the bigger “this,” the one that really boggled them, was the fact that they were embarking on a monthslong awards campaign to begin with.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021

As a teenager reading African parasitology books in the medical library, I was boggled by the array of creatures equipped to take root upon a human body.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

We felt lucky, but Chris now is dealing with it again, which is mind boggling and so depressing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

"How can you on one hand say that you have found evidence of abuse and then not proceed to examine it? It just is mind boggling," said Peter Ferguson-Smyth, a lay preacher on Orkney.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Skip boggling digital noise machines with 50+ whale sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 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

His boggling eyes joined a townful of others aimed at a spot just above Palmer’s forehead.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli




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