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David Gauke, a former Conservative lawmaker who served in the cabinet of then Prime Minister Theresa May, said Mr. Robinson was a marginalized figure, and that the Trump administration’s support of him had been perplexing.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2021

All that had been perplexing and strange, all that had been innocently wonderful to herself in the feeling that bound Sydney to her first friend, was a mystery no more.

From The Evil Genius by Collins, Wilkie

All at once the traveller remembered what for the last two days of his journey had been perplexing him—the houses abandoned—the canoes suspended from the trees.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

George began to understand certain things that had been perplexing to him.

From A Damsel in Distress by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

"I should say that I did," I returned, glad to ease my mind of what had been perplexing me ever since.

From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)