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addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
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But, as hundreds of thousands of Nigerians apply annually, rejection rates and a lack of clarity over what consular officers base their rejection on has resulted in a reality where the process has been mystified as a high-stakes game of chance. — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "Trumpâs clampdown on US visas for Nigerians is cultivating fearâand âfake newsâ," 17 July 2019 McStay, his wife, Summer, 43, and their sons Gianni, 4 and Joey Jr. 3, vanished from their Fallbrook home in February 2010, leaving family members mystified and investigators stumped. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "As jurors weigh execution for McStay murders, defense points to âlingering doubtâ of guilt," 20 June 2019 For her part, Kufta walked away with Sunset League MVP honors, a fact that still mystifies her to this day. — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, "Daily Pilot Softball Dream Team: Unexpected year from Kelli Kufta kept Huntington Beach strong," 8 July 2018 Self-defense could explain its Norwegian stake-building, which has mystified some analysts. — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, "Fly Norwegian, but Donât Buy Norwegian," 3 Aug. 2018 In just the past three years, mystified pilots flying Boeing NG or 777 jets have reported more than a dozen instances of important flight information disappearing. — Anita Sharpe, Los Angeles Times, "Are cellphones a flight danger? They are on these Boeing jets, FAA says," 18 July 2019 Outsiders to Rightworld, and even some insiders, were mystified by the explosion of conservative commentary occasioned by New York Post op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmariâs attack on our colleague David French. — Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, "The Right Liberalism," 11 July 2019 But she was mystified as to who the person could be. — Janene Holzberg, baltimoresun.com, "Thanks to a friend's 'selfless act,' an Ellicott City woman has hope," 28 June 2019 The companyâs terse tweeted responses to impassioned pleas from its creators have left everyone mystified about what, if anything, the company stands for, aside from minimizing bad press. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Three ways YouTube could fight harassment," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mystify.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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