perplexed
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An ally of Keir Starmer said they were "perplexed" by John Healey's decision.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
The analytical coldness of his decisionmaking often perplexed and infuriated Churchill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Under Ian’s wise, patient and perplexed guidance, the committee—and the games—lurch from one crisis to another, some large, some small, some global.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The perplexed faces of the agency people in those conference rooms feel familiar to me today.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Yet, even as he had come to accept the existence of genes, Morgan had remained perplexed about their material form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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