confounding
Example Sentences
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Olvera expressed optimism about the future of Latinos in the U.S., pointing to the growing power of the confounding Latino vote.
From Los Angeles Times
The results so far are already confounding theorists.
From Science Magazine
In the book’s most confounding scene, he decides, at age 13, to have plastic surgery, after enduring bullying from his classmates, who harass him with the nickname “N-word lips.”
From New York Times
“The Critic’s Daughter” is an account of a love that’s neither takeoff strip nor landing pad, a child’s confounding adoration for her parent that’s neither really resolved nor extinguished.
From Washington Post
It spins out of control, confounding the plans, hopes and expectations of those who are engaged in it.
From Los Angeles Times
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