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Unlike other opposing pitchers that befuddle Seattle’s swing-happy hitters with breaking balls, Woods Richardson challenged them with fastballs — and beat them.

Lawyers for the oligarch, Dmitry Rybolovlev, have argued in federal court in Manhattan that a Sotheby’s executive, Sam Valette, worked with the dealer Yves Bouvier to help Bouvier sell works of art at wildly inflated prices, using the auction house’s reputation and expertise to befuddle and trick the Russian into paying higher values and then help conceal his fraud.

Even in the sunlight, the shadows and glare can befuddle landing cameras and sensors.

It initially seemed to befuddle Villanova before Brendan Hauser rose for a three-pointer over Jan Vide with the shot clock about to expire.

From there, Ahmed ripped the ball both ways to befuddle the Irish.