Example Sentences

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It is unclear what role, if any, the people may have played in Guthrie’s disappearance, which has flummoxed investigators for almost two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

For years, that phrase has flummoxed governors and legislatures trying to cut their way past decades of underfunding the retirement programs.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Since his 2015 retirement, the board’s prohibition has flummoxed Marcus Hargrett, whose 35-year career as a Cook County sheriff’s correctional officer saw him patrolling the nation’s largest single-site jail and making necessary arrests.

From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The question has flummoxed Oregon political observers over the years, including Randy Stapilus, a local columnist who once blogged about what he described as the “disquieting trend,” under the headline: “OR 5: Hazardous for Marriage?”

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

The findings may help resolve a major mystery about cell temperatures that has flummoxed biologists: the existence of hyperlocalized heat spikes.

From Scientific American • Jan. 15, 2021