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To be fair to the children, they are grieving and may be angry and confused.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
When Irene Breen got a notification in January 2025 that Instagram was removing adverts for her company's pregnancy pillows, she was confused.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The baroque, narrative-upon-narrative approach of “La Bola Negra” proves less galvanizing than tiresome, its confused maximalism leaving one with little more than a mild case of cinematic shell shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Tennessee death-row inmate woke up in the hospital “angry and confused about everything,” her attorney said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
As she talks, her eyes have this bright light to them, and I feel confused.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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