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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

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

This step-by-step breakup helps explain puzzling features seen elsewhere on Earth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Policymakers are puzzling over whether weak job growth overstates labor-market fragility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

That ended the discussion because it was so puzzling to the children that they decided to go no further with it.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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