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Mystified, he wanders the dank halls of their rented palazzo and the fetid alleyways of the “pestilential city” where canal waters slither past like “a fat, grey-green worm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Mystified, we walked over to the grounds and discovered wingsuiters outfitted with pyrotechnics parachuting onto the Capitol lawn to promote the Nitro World Games.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

In fact, he is releasing his first EP – a collection of long-dormant bluegrass tracks called Mystified – on 23 June.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2017

Mystified by the Mayan priests performing ceremonies outside the Catholic church in Chichicastenango, I realized it was time to hire a tour guide.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2010

Mystified by the fact that a Martial holy woman wants, for some reason, to help me, I’m stunned into silence.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir