fluster
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The defending champion is part of a seven-way tie for the first-round lead after plotting a three-under round of 67 which encapsulated his ability to play with relentless diligence and barely a flicker of fluster.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Never over those previous eight games did the Lakers fluster Nikola Jokic like they did Saturday, forcing the three-time MVP into firing passes off of cutters’ knees or into the front row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
Every time, he managed to fluster me anyway.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
Throughout the attempts, I was also struck that nothing seemed to fluster the AI.
From Scientific American ● May 25, 2023
In a fluster of self-consciousness he turned his back, dropped a hot coal into the nest of charcoal in the furnace and began to blow on it vigorously.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
"Nothing ever flusters Finn," says Scotland team-mate Kyle Steyn.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Not even her obliteration of such sacred territory as replacing Paul's traditional family tree with a bigger one flusters him, even though he didn't ask.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022
If Geno Smith can continue his hot start and the defense flusters Trey Lance like the Bears did last week, it’s a game they could win.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
She teaches English, flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2020
It is her peculiarity that a direct question, the answer to which involves a decision, flusters her painfully.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
If this were still the primary, Raman would have flustered her way to a non-answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
We looked flustered, disorganised, can't defend and can't score.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
A test followed with the flustered pigeons flying off, convincing the club owners, and Hamish, a Harris hawk, became a fixture at the two-week championships.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
He looks at Esme and seems sort of flustered.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Maybe knowing so many people is behind his sweating, flustering, and giggling.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
Even now I couldn’t tell what Harry wanted from me, or whether flustering me was just part of his fun.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
But the Cavaliers permitted just four points the rest of the way, flustering Providence into 1-for-18 shooting down the stretch.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
Using shopping bots to buy these products is perfectly legal in the United States, despite flustering retailers and stoking annoyance for customers like Coleman.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2020
Meanwhile Nunziata Villari in Milan was flustering the maid Marietta over the packing of her trunks, and getting ready to leave for her twelve performances in England.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
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