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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

In the last five years alone, a pandemic, an inflation spike and a trade war all appeared out of left field to confound expectations.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025

This tune 1 shall really confound Myrna minx.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

“To be dead honest it confounds me,” said Jillian Michaels, the trainer turned podcaster, famous for her role on the reality TV show “Biggest Loser.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

The title, pulled from the pastime’s rich glossary, refers to an arced throw of such deliberately underwhelming velocity that it confounds the batter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

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

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 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

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

"When I see some of that footage back, I'm still as confounded as I was even as a 19-year-old," she said.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The biliary cancer treatment delayed disease progression but failed to meet overall survival targets because of confounded data.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Those experiences helped pave the way for Coinbase, which set about to solve a problem that confounded those eager to invest in cryptocurrencies: There was no place for people to store their digital assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

She had no time to fool with Fern, but Fern stamped her foot, confounded by the effort it took to get Big Ma near the chicken run.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

For those who know of exorcisms primarily from horror movies, the news of a professional exorcist in the nation’s capital causing drama may have been a bit confounding.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

Eli An analyst noted thin details and potential confounding factors.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

You feel fortunate to have such a knowledgeable expert as an ally in this most confounding enterprise.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt