- present participle of puzzle.
puzzling
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A competing interpretation has emerged of the preliminary report's most puzzling detail: the brief movement of both fuel-control switches to "cutoff" shortly after take-off.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
But as more analysts bang the drum, this puzzling quantum play might finally start making sense.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
U.S. authorities deny any part in the puzzling series of events, which involved a pair of 35-ton fishing craft — not the sleek speedboats typically pictured in Department of Defense videos of maritime strikes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
The finding was puzzling, said Ellen Brickman, a director at the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
When she’d first stumbled across the notion of Wyrdgates, days ago, it had seemed interesting, and so she’d researched, digging through piles of old parchment, only to find more puzzling theories.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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