scratching
Example Sentences
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The magnitude of the move, along with the fact that it didn’t spread to shares of other large Indian tech firms, left some investors scratching their heads.
From MarketWatch
His technical skill was instinctual and his style was unmatched — up until this point, scratching was mostly an East Coast thing.
From Los Angeles Times
But when the new site changed the radar's colour scale, long-time users were left scratching their heads as their "hard-won intuition for reading storm intensity became unreliable overnight".
From BBC
Even the most informed rugby followers are scratching their heads.
From BBC
“F2Q results left investors scratching their heads on what has already been a controversial stock,” wrote analysts at Guggenheim Securities in a research note.
From Barron's
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