confound it
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Do all of our efforts at expression—the selfies, ads, GIFs, emojis, avatars, and icons that comprise our shared “language of images”—illuminate the truth of our time, or confound it?
From The New Yorker • Oct. 23, 2019
It enhances every dish with which we've tried to confound it.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017
I did not want to like it, but confound it, I do.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2016
One of the few things that can confound it, if only for a while, is genuine tragedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“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
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