befuddle

Many of the most befuddling stocks reviewed by Barron’s are holding companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands with investors or subsidiaries that are also Caribbean holding companies.

Not so much for the team he repeatedly befuddled.

How, Tinubu quizzed his befuddled aides, had this idea reached the U.S. president?

What’s a bit befuddling is how “All Her Fault” introduces major elements of its characters’ backstories far later than seems fair on the part of the storytellers, or judicious on the part of the parents.

Cook was left befuddled, defeated - both feet pointing down the pitch.