confound

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Add to that complexities of water that confound searching, especially near the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 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

The first is Olympian, polymathic, erudite, antically funny, often beautiful, at times gross, at others incredibly romantic, never afraid to challenge or even confound, and unmistakably worked at.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

While the strikers can look frail, their willingness to suffer is meant to confound the state and emphasize their unshakeable commitment to a cause.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

He kicked, pounded, twisted, pushed, using his lack of size to confound and exasperate Elisha, whose damp fists, joined at the small of John’s back, soon slipped.

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