confound
Example Sentences
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Olvera expressed optimism about the future of Latinos in the U.S., pointing to the growing power of the confounding Latino vote.
From Los Angeles Times
Even after Blanc arrives, he’s confounded to find himself occasionally standing on the sidelines, a bystander in Jud’s moral crusade to herd his congregation toward righteousness.
From Los Angeles Times
Then, as has happened so often this season, a confounding moment of adversity struck.
From Los Angeles Times
The various studies are mainly observational and could be skewed by confounding factors—people who are healthy for other reasons could use stairs more, for example.
From Barron's
“There’s no sugarcoating this,” Freeman echoed a few weeks later, when another confounding sweep to the Pittsburgh Pirates in early September was followed by another walk-off loss to the Orioles in team’s series-opener in Baltimore.
From Los Angeles Times
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