baffling
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She found it baffling how employers who reported qualified overtime in Box 14 of employees’ W-2s didn’t calculate it the same way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Manager Michael Carrick described the decisions as "baffling", confused that Attwell's decision did not match an earlier spot-kick given to his side for a pull by Alex Jimenez on Matheus Cunha.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
It’s baffling, to say the least, that Gabbard did not recuse herself from this matter.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
But what was really baffling was Cronin’s claim that the questioner was raising his voice.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
But then a baffling and magnificent thing happened—one by one, the stars came out, here and there a green flash in the dark.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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