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The artifacts from Sanxingdui, as the site is known, stirred questions that still perplex experts four decades later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Joao Neves, Kvaratskhelia and Mendes ended up on the left flank in close proximity - an asymmetrical set-up intended to perplex Liverpool.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

This pattern of abruptly rejecting safe foods can perplex parents and clinicians alike and, on the surface, can look like dieting.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2025

Yusef wasn’t terrified of girls in hijab; they didn’t perplex him.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

She perplexes the heart, in part because she's more than simply a Don Juan figure.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022

“It’s one of the questions that perplexes me.”

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2022

This is the category that most perplexes analysts.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021

Inside, a section of kitchen floor that is clear plexiglass instead of wood perplexes me.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2019

"It is that perplexes me; for I know these country gentlemen," and his voice sharpened to the bitterest sneer.

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

The feline in question is Gato Blanco, a “handsomely rotund” foster cat who seems to be equally perplexed and nonplussed by the art of radio journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

We got lost once, and our entourage received several perplexed glances from workers, but otherwise it was smooth sailing.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

New Zealand police came to the rescue of a seal crossing a busy road, helping the perplexed pinniped pup back safely into the water, they said Monday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

You saw an unfocused and unbothered bunch who, afterward, seemed mainly perplexed by their lack of execution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

She picked me up an hour later and I watched, perplexed, as she drove right past the hospital a few blocks from my apartment.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

She finds this view, with its emphasis on potential trauma, perplexing, even obtuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Even more perplexing was his decision in March to confront the Pentagon over certain military and security uses of his AI, at the risk of losing everything.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

To think they have allowed him to enter the final year of his contract is perplexing - but that is where we are.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

What’s perplexing is that Nolan’s said as much himself.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

I’ve never experienced anything this perplexing before, and I can’t even be vulnerable with the one person who could help me navigate it?

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone