stumped

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Appeared in the May 30, 2026, print edition as 'A Math Problem Stumped Everyone For 80 Years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Speaking to the BBC World Service's Stumped podcast last March, their selector Andrew White suggested they would support a two-tier idea.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

"I was there to save my life, and that was my mentality," Jafta, 28, told the BBC's Stumped podcast.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

Stumped for Words: It is being stolen — that’s an absolutely valid, not at all “petty” complaint.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Stumped by the mystery of Mr. Flux and his time-freezing camera.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles