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is bamboozling

  • present progressive
    of bamboozle (3rd person singular).
    bamboozle
    verb (used with object)
    to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed byinto ).

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“The breakdown in U.S. China relations is bamboozling many,” it noted.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

“He is bamboozling the reformers and the Western press by using all the ringing words we like to hear,” Mr. Safire wrote.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022

The issue is Tartuffe, a holy poser who is bamboozling Orgon practically out of house and home.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2015

"It is the boy who is bamboozling you!" he said.

From The Man in Black by Stanley John Weyman