scratching

Example Sentences

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But when the new site changed the radar's colour scale, long-time users were left scratching their heads as their "hard-won intuition for reading storm intensity became unreliable overnight".

From BBC

Even the most informed rugby followers are scratching their heads.

From BBC

“F2Q results left investors scratching their heads on what has already been a controversial stock,” wrote analysts at Guggenheim Securities in a research note.

From Barron's

“Those of us who have run campaigns are scratching our heads. I can’t imagine how this would happen.”

From Los Angeles Times

Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. plan to boost their oil and gas production over the next five years, even as falling oil prices may leave investors scratching their heads at the companies’ moves.

From MarketWatch