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The Cubs, meanwhile, managed only one hit after the third inning as four Brewers relievers -- Jacob Misiorowski, Aaron Ashby, rookie Chad Patrick and Abner Uribe -- combined to mystify Chicago batters to the finish.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025

“It may mystify some people, but there is such demand for these sorts of things,” Fyall said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

The tackling issues Sunday seemed to mystify defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt, who the previous week lauded the team’s recent improvement.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024

Some have even created "The AI Hype Wall of Shame" to critique pundits who dramatize and mystify A.I. overmuch.

From Salon ● May 30, 2023

Even today the artist remains a magician whose work can mystify and move us—an embarrassing fact to civilized people, who do not readily relinquish their veneer of rational control.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

"What mystifies me is why not relaunch The Tig," she says, referring to the lifestyle website that Meghan once ran.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

This orca behavior mystifies scientists—but they identified a few potential explanations, such as play.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 30, 2023

While the Bronx is less than an hour from Columbia by subway, it feels like a whole other world — one that at times mystifies Sarah.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2022

“It always mystifies people,” says Marty Omoto, executive director of the California Disability Community Action Network.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2020

“It mystifies me, Miss Lumley, how you can even persist in calling those three untamed creatures ‘children.’

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Older audiences, however, are mystified by what some see as a dumbing down of popular culture.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

For his part, Cage mystified people on set with the spider-like moves he did to convey what was happening to his character’s body.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

"But I am still mystified what happened to him after the war."

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

“There is a reason people are mystified: He is something of a mystery,” says retired federal Judge Vaughn Walker, a 1989 George H.W.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

He stared at the piece of wood as if it mystified him still.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

It is, therefore, mystifying as to how they got it so wrong, as the problems could be foreseen by anyone with an understanding of F1.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The resulting lack of support for Flock camera surveillance as a means of safety shouldn’t be mystifying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“This rigorous approach just hasn’t been taken with VSELs. I find the work mystifying and lacking in rigor,” he said.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

While Gandbhir isn’t reveling in their pain, she refuses to cut away, creating a devastating and altogether mystifying section of the film that overwhelms her larger message.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

It is a field in which the irresponsible amateur can have a continually mystifying sort of fun.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas