bewildered
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That Russell was a beloved son, brother, friend and coworker comes through fiercely in Patricia E. Gillespie’s film, as does the utterly bewildered state in which Russell’s action left his family, friends and colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The victim's mother, from Greater Manchester, said she was "shocked, bewildered and really angry" when she discovered her daughter had initially been targeted by Tritta on Roblox.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Gilead’s refusal to sell to MSF left the organization’s negotiators bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
After Bondi came in, he was left bewildered when his team was ordered to abandon its work.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
Like the Red Queen’s bewildered servants in Alice in Wonderland, the genes scurry about to enact the instructions—build a thorax, make a wing—but in the wrong places or at the wrong times.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing bewildered
Of Mice and Men
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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