flustered
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Not while he’s flustered and frustrated — which you can’t spell without rust, though even Roberts admitted, “I don’t know how long you can use the rust thing, which I’ve certainly used.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
On Move 78, he wedged a white stone in the middle of AlphaGo’s position and flustered the machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
But he got noticeably flustered when asked about his relationship with Shivon Zilis.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
It must have flustered him, because he left his briefcase behind when he went out to the vigil.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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