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But adding Alphabet won’t save the Dow from its other shortcomings, and the blue-chip index’s enduring popularity continues to confound me.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Trump is a political survivor who has demonstrated a remarkable ability to confound conventional wisdom.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026

Customs and Border Protection deployed a counterdrone laser on what turned out to be party balloons, showed how they can confound air defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Eli Carter and Martin Tobias suggest that a reversion to negative equity- bond correlations could confound expectations in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025

“Oh, confound it all. What I’m trying to say . . . you’re not normal, Percy. That’s nothing to be—” “Thanks,” I blurted.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

“We found that even after getting rid of these confounds, people still claimed early.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

“To be dead honest it confounds me,” said Jillian Michaels, the trainer turned podcaster, famous for her role on the reality TV show “Biggest Loser.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

“You're asking people in different age brackets, which confounds the entire thing, right?”

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024

Even in this much more complex environment, where the pulsations of blood vessels and the movement of breathing provide additional confounds, the mosTF scope still achieved a four-fold better signal-to-background ratio.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

It confounds me when people don’t assist or even welcome those on their own team.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Raw milk’s success confounded me: How had it gained such a foothold in this country, despite regular outbreaks of salmonella and E. coli, and even the discovery of bird flu in Raw Farm’s milk?

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The global energy state of play 100 days into the worst supply shock in modern history has confounded analysts and investors alike.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

However, they confounded those expectations and spent the vast majority of the season in the top six.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

“So are people that have been obsessing on modern art and modernism all their lives — they’re gonna be confounded by it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Yet Gabriel felt that he had surprised them; he had found them out and they were a little ashamed and confounded before his purity.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

But when the researchers took into account confounding factors such as a family history of neurodevelopmental disorders or mothers’ preexisting mental health conditions, the correlation disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Donald Trump trades stocks at a confounding rate, Everlane is reportedly sold to Shein, and online media is succumbing to bots.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

Eli An analyst noted thin details and potential confounding factors.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The best chance of avoiding and confounding the beasts that lie below is to be as unpredictable as the sea and sky.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman