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bewilderment

[bih-wil-der-muhnt] / bɪˈwɪl dər mənt /


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New Liverpool recruit Jeremy Jacquet, who had been caught upfield, gestured in bewilderment at his fellow Rennes defenders.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

If Grace was staring down her holiday meal with equal parts courage and bewilderment, surely others were too.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

Elsewhere in the crowd, bewilderment laced with anger when families who had been informed that their loved ones would be released discovered they weren’t on the buses after all.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

At the end, there seemed to be bewilderment among the masses of Hampden, a dazed feeling about how to react to what they'd just witnessed.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

Crossing the fields, the stranger padding trustingly at his heels, Mackenzie suddenly remembered the other dog, and frowned in bewilderment.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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