bamboozle

As they learned, the Courbet affair was hardly the first time this handsome outsider was able to allegedly bamboozle savvy art buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

The ex-wife of Prince Andrew told executives from the soap that she would have to "bamboozle" them to "allow me to do a cameo".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024

Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

It's not just that they bamboozle people and they play these semantic games, either.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2022

They are not trying to bamboozle us; that’s just the way they think.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Yet it’s a good time to revive a play about a ruthless leader who bamboozles the public while wreaking havoc on his government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

In the process, I think that's what it is, the process bamboozles you.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023

The sorcerer Prospero bamboozles his shipwrecked enemies with astonishing illusions.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

Adil Rashid bamboozles Babar Azam with a googly as the Pakistan captain is stumped by Jos Buttler in the T20 series decider at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2021

Just as Dogget was supreme in such parts as Fondlewife, so was Fisher superb in the uxorious husband whom the demure child-wife bamboozles, in the comedies of Molière.

From Shadows of the Stage by William Winter

Novelties at Mayer am Nussberg that would have bamboozled Keller's ancestors include vegan food, alcohol-free wine -- of which Keller offers four sorts -- and self-service order touchscreens.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Young adults aren’t confused or bamboozled by the risks they’re taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

He has a well-earned reputation among journalists as a perpetual skeptic, someone who refuses to be bamboozled by hype, cope, spin, and anything in between.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025

The tail was exposed to Bumrah, who nailed a yorker to Carse and bamboozled Woakes.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

He’d either bamboozled me or had a little fun, neither of which was the outcome I’d hoped for.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The visitors scored four tries - including two in the final 10 minutes as England's concentration wandered - to pick up a valuable bonus point, and twice profited after bamboozling England with their line-out routine.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Now, the pitch that ruled the 1980s is out of hibernation—and bamboozling hitters everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

This worked to an extent, especially in terms of bamboozling the media into misreporting what he actually said.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024

Much of the criticism of Ms. Swift, meanwhile, seems tinged with condescension, suggesting that a 33-year-old female pop star is a gullible naïf, ripe for bamboozling by political operators.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

But they had succeeded in playing a very simple trick, bamboozling the Mark commander, attacking his sentries and escaping by night.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams