baffling
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Now, it also finds itself at the center of a baffling crime spree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
What is more baffling than the botched decision-making at the time is that officials have been going through what happened behind closed doors for months.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
It’s baffling, to say the least, that Gabbard did not recuse herself from this matter.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
To Gilbert Arenas, the former NBA star and podcast host whose son Alijah is a freshman guard with the Trojans, the move was particularly baffling.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
I followed, wanting her to interpret the baffling spectacle I had seen.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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