stumped

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Appeared in the May 30, 2026, print edition as 'A Math Problem Stumped Everyone For 80 Years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Listen to the full interview with Cricket Scotland's Trudy Lindblade on the Stumped podcast which will be released on Thursday afternoon.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

"We are not just pawns to CSA," De Kock told the BBC's Stumped podcast.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

Stumped for Words: It is being stolen — that’s an absolutely valid, not at all “petty” complaint.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Stumped by the mystery of Mr. Flux and his time-freezing camera.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles