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Those cases point to complexities in the Muse settings that confound experts, let alone laypersons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But adding Alphabet won’t save the Dow from its other shortcomings, and the blue-chip index’s enduring popularity continues to confound me.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

There’s little airtight data on the fathering brain; cohorts are small; some results await replication while others confound analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Trump is a political survivor who has demonstrated a remarkable ability to confound conventional wisdom.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026

How could nature be governed by ratios and proportions when something as simple as a square can confound the language of ratios?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Her dry sense of humor at times confounds those around her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“We found that even after getting rid of these confounds, people still claimed early.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

“You're asking people in different age brackets, which confounds the entire thing, right?”

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024

That some people return to afflicted areas is just one factor that confounds population mobility models -- in actual fact, people may move between locations, sometimes multiple times.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

It confounds me when people don’t assist or even welcome those on their own team.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving into adulthood with a badly broken wing has been spotted back in the skies above Scotland's west coast.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

It was brought low by market moves that confounded their projections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Raw milk’s success confounded me: How had it gained such a foothold in this country, despite regular outbreaks of salmonella and E. coli, and even the discovery of bird flu in Raw Farm’s milk?

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The global energy state of play 100 days into the worst supply shock in modern history has confounded analysts and investors alike.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

He might eventually return to the spot where he had started, and would of course be utterly confounded to explain how that had happened.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The preseason offered some promising moments, other confounding connections between new teammates and a strong foundation for the new-look team hoping to keep growing through an 82-game season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

This is about as confounding as you can get.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

It’s more like a schematic of a confounding investigation and a sympathetic survey of a devastated emotional landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

In fact, they had encountered the same wave-particle duality of light that was confounding their elders in physics.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik