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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

There’s little airtight data on the fathering brain; cohorts are small; some results await replication while others confound analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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

How could nature be governed by ratios and proportions when something as simple as a square can confound the language of ratios?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

“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

That some people return to afflicted areas is just one factor that confounds population mobility models -- in actual fact, people may move between locations, sometimes multiple times.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 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

"When I see some of that footage back, I'm still as confounded as I was even as a 19-year-old," she said.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The Fed won broad credit for its novel pandemic response, took a share of the blame for the high prices that followed and confounded predictions by bringing inflation down without a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

However, the combined treatment didn’t meet the overall survival target thanks to confounded data.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Just like Mr. Pinkerton had warned me—and I knew from Aunt Kitty’s confounded vocabulary drills—I could put the whole case in jeopardy.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

Among the many contentious strongmen who have popped up worldwide in the first decades of the 21st century, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is the most confounding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The study is cross-sectional, which means it cannot determine cause and effect and may be influenced by confounding factors or reverse causation.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

I follow Amber in the papers to feel closer to her, but the stories are confounding.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton