bewildering
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With a richer, more bewildering harmonic vocabulary, Chopin revealed the full spectrum of the nocturne’s possibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
There is something intuitively catchy about brain attack, even if it’s also a little bewildering.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Anthropic calls Claude a “thinking partner” with which users can tackle “any big, bold, bewildering challenge.”
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
Gloriously unpredictable and, at times, impossible to read, they are wildly entertaining - bewildering, bewitching, brilliant.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
The sky was turning the color of a fresh bruise as we pulled into my grandfather’s subdivision, a bewildering labyrinth of interlocking cul-de-sacs known collectively as Circle Village.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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