puzzling

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He told me after our interview was over that he'd found the question "humbling and puzzling".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Byrne’s well-earned accolades allow “Tow” to fare better than it otherwise would have, while also causing “Tow” to horseshoe back to its starting point as an overall puzzling career choice.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Gold has been the most puzzling asset of all.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

The ratio of platinum to iridium was especially puzzling.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Equally puzzling is the failure of people to domesticate flax in its wild range in western Europe and North Africa, or einkorn wheat in its wild range in the southern Balkans.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond