be perplexed
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As Eleni Ravanis, a student collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa explained in the news release about the rock, a future Mars geologist would be perplexed by the rock's placement.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Presidential scholars of the future will also be perplexed by the ordering of these photos.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
You may be perplexed, disturbed, exhilarated or all of the above.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2020
No one at the palace gives a second thought to the striking workers they just undermined as they continue to be perplexed by the strange forces that are wreaking havoc on the economy.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2018
After this digression the reader can no longer be perplexed, if the Bouse's behavior toward Gustavus is neither sincere nor dissembled, but both.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
