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The emergence of that pitch elevated Yesavage into a first-rounder, and he has been baffling hitters with it ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Blea’s case has been baffling to most in the California horse racing community, given that the infractions he is accused of rarely result in a suspended license.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2022

The lack of prosecution always has been baffling, and it remains so.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021

Now Criterion has come out with Resnais’s subsequent film, “Muriel, or The Time of Return,” which has been baffling people since it showed at the first New York Film Festival, in 1963.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

A light before their eyes throws light upon the enigma that has been baffling their brains.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne