bewildering
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But Jareth and “Labyrinth” introduced a new generation to the magnitude of his bewildering, potent artistic sorcery.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
An avid numerologist, in 1987, he issued new currency in denominations of nine -- a digit considered auspicious, but bewildering shoppers with mental arithmetic.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
Residents and officials were left grappling with a bewildering question: How did the fire become so deadly so quickly?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
This wasn't the ancient amphitheatre of Herodium down the road, but it was a sporting spectacle all the same, twisting and turning, bewildering and perplexing.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
The noise never let up: car horns, bicycle bells and the cracking of whips combined to produce a deafening bewildering clamour, amid which is was impossible to heed every warning sound.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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