bamboozle
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He used multiple running backs and unpredictable blocking patterns to bamboozle opponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
She didn’t bamboozle you if she earnestly thought this was what you wanted, too.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
The left-hand, right-hand partnership with Duckett appeared to bamboozle Babar, who struggled to set a field to stem the scoring.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2022
Academics in the softer fields dress up the trivial and obvious with the trappings of scientific sophistication, hoping to bamboozle their audiences with highfalutin gobbledygook.
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
He bamboozles us into producing his play, then runs off and leaves us to sink or swim.
From The Light of the Star A Novel by Hamlin Garland
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
Afterwards, Russell said that he was "a bit bamboozled".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Young adults aren’t confused or bamboozled by the risks they’re taking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
An image of James McFadden with the ball hanging in the Parisian air and a bamboozled Mickael Landreau somewhere in the distance.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
I had him so bamboozled he didn’t know which way was up.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
Now, it’s out of hibernation—and bamboozling hitters everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
Holding his hands low, continuing to move his head brilliantly, the Olympic medallist peppered the face of Marriaga, snapping his head back on numerous occasions and bamboozling him continuously.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2022
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
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