flummox

It has continued to flummox consumers in countries such as Spain and Italy, where "mermelada" and "marmellata" respectively are commonly used for spreads made from other kinds of fruit, such as plums and figs.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

That’s roughly as much as Tesla and, if it happens, will flummox traditional aerospace and defense analysts just like Tesla’s valuation can upset traditional car people.

From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025

The provision is remarkably straightforward—a far cry from the ambiguous, sloppy, or muddled laws that typically flummox the judiciary.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2024

It might help a few diligent users but would flummox others and probably be mostly ignored.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Fern had managed to completely flummox the Establishment.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

How a city that built itself on imagination and self-promotion could miss an opportunity right in front of us — something the world would pay attention to — simply flummoxes me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2023

Becoming a threat with the deep ball will simply add a new wrinkle to Rising’s skillset, which routinely flummoxes defenses.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

The problem is, the planting and harvesting of horticultural crops that is handled so easily by people flummoxes robots.

From Salon ● May 7, 2022

“My 5-year-old son is macho, loves sports and trucks, but also loves pink clothes and nail polish, and this flummoxes some people,” she said.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2017

"Nobody flummoxes Hold-Your-Nose Billy and gets away with it!"

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

With a manoeuvre as audacious as it was inspired, Robson-Kanu flummoxed three surrounding Belgian defenders with a Cruyff-turn before finishing supremely beyond Thibaut Courtois.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

He is a filmmaker with an abiding humanism, evidently flummoxed in the face of the nonhuman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The chief of detectives, Louis Cottell, for his part, made no effort to hide how flummoxed he was by the killer’s refusal to take credit.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

It’s a seemingly simple thing to set up, but when I asked him where he wanted to eat, he was flummoxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

He’s the one I’m most flummoxed by in all of this.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

More broadly, considering England's campaign as a whole, the wild form fluctuations are most flummoxing.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

On the other side, Sánchez matched him step-for-step, flummoxing the Dodgers for the second time this series with six scoreless frames of his own to start the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

That summer, the first big surge of Central American asylum seekers hit the border, flummoxing the Obama administration.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2022

Murray passed for 277 yards and rushed for 28 more while flummoxing the Vegas defense with his elusiveness.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

More than a month ago, when Olympic rosters were still coming into view, Sweden’s coach offered a plain-spoken assessment of a field whose fluidity and mystery were flummoxing men’s hockey executives around the world.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2022