bamboozle

She didn’t bamboozle you if she earnestly thought this was what you wanted, too.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

As they learned, the Courbet affair was hardly the first time this handsome outsider was able to allegedly bamboozle savvy art buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Both expertly played to stereotypes to bamboozle investors.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2022

They are not trying to bamboozle us; that’s just the way they think.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Yet it’s a good time to revive a play about a ruthless leader who bamboozles the public while wreaking havoc on his government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

In the process, I think that's what it is, the process bamboozles you.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023

The sorcerer Prospero bamboozles his shipwrecked enemies with astonishing illusions.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

Adil Rashid bamboozles Babar Azam with a googly as the Pakistan captain is stumped by Jos Buttler in the T20 series decider at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2021

If all the lies could only be ferreted out with which Seward bamboozles Lincoln, even the God of Lies himself would shudder.

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count

Just like last year, when New Zealand drew first blood, the visitors came roaring out, punishing a penalty given away cheaply with a piece of trickery at a close-range line-out that bamboozled the Scots.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Novelties at Mayer am Nussberg that would have bamboozled Keller's ancestors include vegan food, alcohol-free wine -- of which Keller offers four sorts -- and self-service order touchscreens.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Young adults aren’t confused or bamboozled by the risks they’re taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

“Very clever of you, sir, very clever, I personally would be utterly bamboozled by all those buttons and knobs,” said Dedalus.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Now, it’s out of hibernation—and bamboozling hitters everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

This worked to an extent, especially in terms of bamboozling the media into misreporting what he actually said.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024

Much of the criticism of Ms. Swift, meanwhile, seems tinged with condescension, suggesting that a 33-year-old female pop star is a gullible naïf, ripe for bamboozling by political operators.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

"The gap in the market that we fill is to say, hey, this management has been bamboozling you investors or misleading you," says Mr Block.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

Whereon it, sophisticated piece of hardware that it was, chomped away in simulated contentment, bamboozling the other tenants of the building.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick