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has been confounding

  • present perfect progressive of confound (3rd person singular).

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But Jimmy Carter has been confounding expectations throughout a life that has lasted nearly a century.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2024

Nouhou’s injury has been confounding because, according to Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer, a variety of treatments haven’t worked.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2021

On issues, Trump has been confounding: In a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday, he described the right to gay marriage as “settled” because the Supreme Court had approved of it in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2016

All this talk about “potopoto” has been confounding.

From Washington Post

I want you to come up with me to Pym, Lewes," said Challis; "one of my tenants has been confounding the rector of Stoke.

From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)