Example Sentences

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Officials are puzzling over possible explanations, each with different implications for where to set rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Federal Reserve officials are puzzling over why bond borrowing rates spiked lately even as Fed policy expectations have remained largely unchanged.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2023

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

But Wittgenstein’s texts are puzzling, problematic, and unfinished.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton