bamboozle
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As they learned, the Courbet affair was hardly the first time this handsome outsider was able to allegedly bamboozle savvy art buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Both expertly played to stereotypes to bamboozle investors.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2022
A wily leg-spinner, she has all the tools to bamboozle opposition batters.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2022
Academics in the softer fields dress up the trivial and obvious with the trappings of scientific sophistication, hoping to bamboozle their audiences with highfalutin gobbledygook.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Yet it’s a good time to revive a play about a ruthless leader who bamboozles the public while wreaking havoc on his government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
In the process, I think that's what it is, the process bamboozles you.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023
The sorcerer Prospero bamboozles his shipwrecked enemies with astonishing illusions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
Adil Rashid bamboozles Babar Azam with a googly as the Pakistan captain is stumped by Jos Buttler in the T20 series decider at Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2021
He bamboozles us into producing his play, then runs off and leaves us to sink or swim.
From The Light of the Star A Novel by Garland, Hamlin
Afterwards, Russell said that he was "a bit bamboozled".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
He infuriated observers by constantly changing systems and selections, leaving players bamboozled.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Young adults aren’t confused or bamboozled by the risks they’re taking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He has a well-earned reputation among journalists as a perpetual skeptic, someone who refuses to be bamboozled by hype, cope, spin, and anything in between.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
“Did I invite you? Or was it more like I bamboozled you?”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Through it all, he kept pitching, bamboozling a shellshocked Brewers lineup that stood no chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
“At worst, Sable was simply bamboozling the Regional Water Board to meet a critical deadline,” according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
This worked to an extent, especially in terms of bamboozling the media into misreporting what he actually said.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024
“He is bamboozling the reformers and the Western press by using all the ringing words we like to hear,” Mr. Safire wrote.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
Whereon it, sophisticated piece of hardware that it was, chomped away in simulated contentment, bamboozling the other tenants of the building.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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