baffle
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Last year's attempt was ended in the most extraordinary style by Djokovic who, playing through the pain of a torn hamstring, used his nous to baffle Alcaraz and come through a four-set thriller.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
He empathizes with people born in the 1940s who feel irrelevant, since even 20-year-olds now baffle him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
The question of how these two—a vulgar revolutionary and a soft-spoken, polite epitome of the GOP old guard—have stayed together for so long, with such limited drama between them, can baffle observers.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025
“It’s an acoustical baffle that’s also soft to the touch,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
And then he noticed my pajamas, which seemed to baffle him for only a second before he said, “Oh, wow.”
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
“Sometimes it baffles us,” said chief prosecutor Hsing Tai-chao.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
“It baffles all of us as animal lovers. Who could do this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
"It is difficult to think of any information more sensitive than that which is involved with the scheme, and it baffles me why there were not better security measures in place," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
After bringing the RTG into the Hab, I very carefully glued some tubing around the heat baffles.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Since history's most powerful telescope went online in 2022, it has been spotting many extremely bright cosmic objects dubbed "little red dots" in the early universe that have baffled scientists.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
When officers finally acted, they pulled only half the hose out, leaving the rest coiled inside the cabinet, and stood there baffled as to why the water wouldn’t flow.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mr. Friedman runs the PitchingNinja account on X, an entertaining scroll of nasty pitches and baffled hitters he started in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I understand that I have value as a performer, but I still don’t get how I got this part,” he says, sounding a bit baffled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Underlanders were baffled by his anger and stung by his tone, even if they couldn’t understand his words.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Durango’s Quinn Simmons continues to race like a mustached demon, and it’s a little baffling his Lidl-Trek team isn’t more committed to setting him loose to get the stage win he’s clearly eager to take.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
If you find that phrase baffling, consider yourself fortunate.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
It will go down as a baffling missed opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
BBC Sport attempts to unpick exactly what happened during one of the World Cup's more baffling episodes.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
After that, we reach the most baffling chapter in Elizebeth’s working life.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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