dumbfounded
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"So it's pretty ludicrous... I'm dumbfounded in terms of the stark contrast that exists currently in the landscape of sport and swimming."
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Huckabee, however, appeared dumbfounded: “I’m totally unable to process what you’re trying to get at.”
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
American skater Nathan Chen, the Beijing men's individual gold medallist, was dumbfounded, saying: "What a shock".
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
He said the volatility in recent weeks has left him and other investors feeling “awestruck and dumbfounded at times.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“Maybe I should go down first and get a rope from camp—” As I was in midsentence, Andy abruptly turned away and moved over the lip of the ice slope, leaving me sitting there dumbfounded.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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