puzzle
Example Sentences
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He is still trying to solve the puzzle of running a successful news business.
“How did you hear about us?” one of the baristas, simultaneously confused and flattered, asked me while I studied the 3-D wooden puzzle of Vietnam hanging on a concrete wall.
What puzzled Wolf most was that he couldn’t catch what it was feeling.
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Astronomers currently face a major puzzle about the universe's expansion rate.
From Science Daily
He caught sight of my cheongsam and a puzzled look came over his face.
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