confuse
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If you have more than one child, don’t confuse equality with fairness.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Soon, the highway cuts through miles of gray and white volcanic pumice and ash, creating a lunar-like landscape that manages to confuse the visual senses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Walmart said it typically changes digital price tags when stores are closed, in part because it doesn’t want to confuse shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Attackers can deliberately alter fake videos in subtle ways designed to confuse a detector and make manipulated footage appear authentic.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
No matter what I tried, I could not confuse her, catch her out.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
It confuses people, convolutes them, merges records of people with similar names, and in general has been deemed unreliable by data experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
This creates what is known as the doorway effect, which confuses our brains.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Day trader Alex Henderson confuses his betrothed Ashley Carpenter with a shifting backstory involving frequent moves and overlapping dating histories, all attributed to his “nomadic lifestyle.”
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Seeing physical accumulation and concluding the selloff is “over” confuses two very different forces.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
That confuses me, because Pamela always worked with Jordie.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Flight attendants seemed confused to her and “had no idea what to do or how things would go,” Doyle said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
"We went through the findings, and they asked if there was a difference with different dosages; I was confused."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
“Congratulate you for what? Repeat that,” came the response of a concerned and confused Naum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Teenagers will always feel jealous, obsessed, insecure, confused about who they are and what the future holds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Mom’s confused about what’s best for us, and I think she needs your help.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
When its researchers asked Anthropic's Claude why voters should elect Representative Don Davis from North Carolina, the chatbot listed "former school superintendent" among his credentials, confusing him with a different person.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Homeowners, developers and businesses have complained that navigating the Planning Department can be complicated and confusing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
This miscellaneous mix of protests can seem confusing.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
After calling the Cheesecake Factory a “successful company,” he launched into a confusing defense of his garish White House redecoration.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
If anything, the bright light stabbing through the leaves made things more confusing.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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