Example Sentences

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"Long-period radio transients have puzzled astronomers for years," Mr. Rose said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Residents have puzzled over why so much of their town was burned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

As an admirer of this author, I have puzzled over the weakness of this book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

For centuries scientists have puzzled over the purpose of ray tails, but that mystery was seemingly solved in a recent study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025

What seemed obvious to Pascal, that one could ‘own’ an idea or an experiment, would have puzzled anyone before 1492.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton