befuddled
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They would spoil the pristine purity of Vernon Point’s only “esplanade”—a befuddled Kyra not having realized she lives on one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
One zoomer Republican operative in Washington was befuddled at how Butterworth’s had become such a destination: “A bunch of conservatives just decided it would be our place and I don’t understand why.”
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
Not so much for the team he repeatedly befuddled.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
Cook was left befuddled, defeated - both feet pointing down the pitch.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Or that you are so befuddled by the complexity of their operation that you wouldn’t know what to do with the information if you had it.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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