stumped
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Stair-climbing has stumped the robotics field for decades, as the activity requires continuous center-of-gravity shifts and visual information processing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
I recently finished an ice cream in Copenhagen and found myself stumped at the trash bins, wrapper in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Adam Harris Levine stood before the 18th-century painting, completely stumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
On this occasion, he tried to wallop the spin of Tharindu Rathnayake over long-on and was stumped by a distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Aileen chose characters from old TV shows, but Kaira hadn’t been stumped yet.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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