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puzzling

[puhz-ling] / ˈpʌz lɪŋ /


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Nguyen Minh Dong, a former Volkswagen emissions engineer who now advises on electrification, called the rush to ban fossil fuel bikes in Hanoi "puzzling".

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Few concepts in physics are as familiar, or as puzzling, as time itself.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The paper, which was published April 27 in Nature Neuroscience, answers a puzzling question about the mechanism controlling this long-observed cerebral movement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Officials are puzzling over possible explanations, each with different implications for where to set rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

I carried out armloads of fabric and wood and metal put together in all their puzzling ways, and marveled that I’d ever felt comfort in having such things.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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