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is confounding

  • present progressive
    of confound (3rd person singular).
    confound
    verb (used with object)
    to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse.

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To her, Maggie’s willingness to be seen as a victim is confounding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

But as the analysis itself makes clear, it’s not the former president who is confounding the chief.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2024

Kai Havertz was a more contentious offseason signing but is confounding his critics, having scored in five in Arsenal’s last seven league games.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

But, just like the movie, the Barbie soundtrack is confounding expectations.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023

Their commitment to their faith is confounding a long-held assumption that, like earlier generations of Baptists or Pentecostals, prosperous evangelicals would abandon their religious ties or trade them for membership in establishment churches.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times