befuddled
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But the “Wednesday” star is left stranded in cutesy scenes in which her character is tediously befuddled by humans’ unpredictable behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
An investor employing cold logic like a Vulcan in “Star Trek” would be befuddled by what he is currently seeing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
“This is the first time I’ve gone to a sentencing with an empty chair,” Norman Pattis, Diamantis’s befuddled lawyer, told reporters outside the courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“There’s a beetle that emerges on the cusp of summer. It has lots of colors. Blue, gold, purple. It looks like a turtle,” she tells a befuddled Rhaenyra.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The music crashed to a stop and he turned a befuddled glare toward the audience.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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