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are puzzling

  • present progressive of puzzle.

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Policymakers are puzzling over whether weak job growth overstates labor-market fragility.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Across the country, veterinarians and researchers are puzzling over the question of how long these dogs live and why they die the way they do.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2023

Even in these simplified situations, we are puzzling our way through some confusing issues.

From Scientific American Aug. 31, 2022

The outsized aggregate losses in October are puzzling, however, given the veneer of calm in most currencies, where implied volatility and spot exchange rates barely budged.

From Reuters Nov. 10, 2021

We are puzzling over how to do it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein