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confound

[kon-found, kuhn-, kon-found] / kɒnˈfaʊnd, kən-, ˈkɒnˈfaʊnd /


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“The launch of the Luce, Ferrari’s first electric car, on 25 May may well confound some sceptics as well.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 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

Mensah’s Preservation Alliance team is composed of misfits, including David Dastmalchian’s Gurathin and Sabrina Wu’s Pin-Lee, who often confound Murderbot’s expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

Of course, the more she wandered the station, the more likely she’d be seen, but it was worth the risk to confound the DNA detectors and send her pursuers on a wild-goose chase.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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