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The artifacts from Sanxingdui, as the site is known, stirred questions that still perplex experts four decades later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Joao Neves, Kvaratskhelia and Mendes ended up on the left flank in close proximity - an asymmetrical set-up intended to perplex Liverpool.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

This pattern of abruptly rejecting safe foods can perplex parents and clinicians alike and, on the surface, can look like dieting.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2025

“You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me. I want an explanation.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“What perplexes me is that despite the plant being known for its stinky smell, it also produces several sweet-smelling chemicals.”

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

“It’s one of the questions that perplexes me.”

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2022

Still, the trajectory of the conflict perplexes him.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022

As for the current disparity in white NFL coaches compared to minorities, it still perplexes Holcomb.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2021

"It is that perplexes me; for I know these country gentlemen," and his voice sharpened to the bitterest sneer.

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

At Telluride, Fielder, who had initially planned to stay behind the scenes, admitted he was still perplexed by the couple’s openness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

We got lost once, and our entourage received several perplexed glances from workers, but otherwise it was smooth sailing.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

New Zealand police came to the rescue of a seal crossing a busy road, helping the perplexed pinniped pup back safely into the water, they said Monday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Despite all the plaudits, Jackie has always been slightly perplexed as to why the show has made such an impact, but understands how watching their journeys has helped some people make sense of their own.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

There is something very sad about contemplating a perplexed stuffed alligator when it is dark outside and you do not know who you are or who your parents were or anything about yourself at all.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

She finds this view, with its emphasis on potential trauma, perplexing, even obtuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

To think they have allowed him to enter the final year of his contract is perplexing - but that is where we are.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

What’s perplexing is that Nolan’s said as much himself.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

The weakness in the won then, has been perplexing to many forex analysts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

I had not yet learned anything that would have helped me to thread my way through these perplexing racial relations.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright