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
I always told myself I wouldn’t let Harry fluster me.
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
The Terrapins were on their heels in the second quarter, when Notre Dame used a 13-0 run to take a 27-19 lead as its zone seemed to fluster Maryland.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
The fluster that I felt back in the station has developed into irritation here on the train, now that I can’t so easily walk away.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"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
And she flusters me again with her coolness.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
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
We looked flustered, disorganised, can't defend and can't score.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Colbert was flustered, to say the least, during the interview afterward.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
If Francis was flustered, he didn’t look it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
Colorado got here by flustering opponents into making mistakes, and that recipe is working again in the final.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
The Chargers lost to the Broncos 28-13 on an afternoon that had been a closely contested, sometimes flustering, often confounding affair — until they crumbled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
At this moment a loud, flustering, angry voice was heard calling from the stairs, and Richard leaped up as if he had been shot.
From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
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