bemused
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In Camblanes-et-Meynac, locals were bemused by the story.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Dupont reacted fastest, picking the ball up and strolling past the bemused La Rochelle pack to score.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
Mr. Swift’s bemused account of the Burbage-Brayne partnership is one of several aspects of the book that erase the distance between 16th-century Shoreditch and 21st-century Broadway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Body-cam footage released by the Parma Heights Police Department shows one bemused officer describing how the gourd just “took off” as he tried to grab it.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
She sounded both desperate and bemused, as if she couldn't understand why all parents didn't raise their kids to be ninjas.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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