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Because The Academy bafflingly shut out Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” which took the editing prize at a bevy of Oscar run-ups, expect a similarly safe decision for the winner in this category.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

This year, officials there bafflingly confirmed they would go ahead with plans to build a new multi-million dollar Covid-19 quarantine facility.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

And most glaringly, the font size is bafflingly huge.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2023

At the end of “Air,” director and co-star Ben Affleck, bafflingly bewigged as Nike CEO and co-founder Phil Knight, lies back on his office couch and utters a single word: “equity.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Valley just shrugged, still looking bafflingly smug, and Seven wanted to scream.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega