perplexing
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I find it perplexing that people talk about the apocalypse as if it’s happening later.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
The Supreme Court handed down a perplexing 5–4 decision on Thursday in Hamm v.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
All these works are overshadowed by Morris’s gender identity, which is no longer as perplexing as it was at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
When DI Glyn Walsh returns unexpectedly early from bereavement leave, he and DS Sion Dearden work together to solve the perplexing murder of an esteemed university professor.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Of the six cast members of Good Boys and True, Courtney is the most enigmatic and easily the most perplexing.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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