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- verb Present participle of
befuddle .
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Examples
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What’s befuddling is why any of these considerations are supposed to provide any support whatever for the God hypothesis.
Picking Hypotheses 2004
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It's the usual taunts and vitriol, say clinic staff and volunteers, but with a twist -- a message that can only be described as befuddling: "Chastity is for lovers."
RHRealityCheck.org Eleanor Bader 2010
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It's the usual taunts and vitriol, say clinic staff and volunteers, but with a twist -- a message that can only be described as befuddling: "Chastity is for lovers."
RHRealityCheck.org 2010
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Despite Bush & Co. 's violations of our trust, we remain incapable of believing they'd commit an act as "befuddling," according to the title of the incomparable Gareth Porter's latest article, as attack Iran.
The Bush Quartet 2007
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Catherine Arnold of Credit Suisse, who called the change "befuddling" in her note to investors, told Frazier that investors expected Merck to "share the pain" of shareholders and noted that vorapaxar, launching in 2012, should have been a "drag on earnings, not a positive."
unknown title 2011
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Catherine Arnold of Credit Suisse, who called the change "befuddling" in her note to investors, told Frazier that investors expected Merck to "share the pain" of shareholders and noted that vorapaxar, launching in 2012, should have been a "drag on earnings, not a positive."
Forbes.com: News Matthew Herper 2011
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Equally befuddling is the constant self-congratulation of Hollywood, but that's not news.
Muppets and Self-Congratulations Marshall Heyman 2012
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These threaded, plucked or shaved young soldiers are proving befuddling to an older generation of bushier warriors.
About-Face: Soldiers Target Stray Eyebrows in Afghanistan Michael M. Phillips 2011
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Poor Cher, she'd truly Turned Her Swag On, but the world of beauty is befuddling.
Slap shtick: How not to put on make-up Grace Dent 2010
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"The court's decision not to review this case is befuddling because it has already ruled multiple times in other equal-access cases that the First Amendment protects religious worship the same as secular speech," he said.
Churches Grapple With School Ruling Kristi Oloffson 2011
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