mystify

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Even when elected leaders decry inequity, they typically do more to mystify than clarify what has caused it.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

The Cubs, meanwhile, managed only one hit after the third inning as four Brewers relievers -- Jacob Misiorowski, Aaron Ashby, rookie Chad Patrick and Abner Uribe -- combined to mystify Chicago batters to the finish.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

The power of movies to reveal, arouse and mystify is also very much on Oren’s mind, specifically the eccentric, transformative discipline of Foley artists: sound technicians who bend everyday objects into a new aural reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023

Eventually, for reasons that still mystify him, he blurted out: “Left hand up! Who are we? The Commanders!”

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

That seemed to carry some weight, or else to mystify the bear sufficiently to make him pause.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman