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Recent Examples of bemuse Misconceptions of modern powwows as sacred spaces bemuse the Ojibwe singer. Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022 Cigar in hand and a shot of tequila nearby, Texas native White would bemuse his fans with tales of drunken escapades. Rodney Ho, ajc, 11 Jan. 2022 Among Fincher die-hards, the result will probably bemuse some, bore many, and thrill a relative but hearty minority. Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020 According to Peggy Leboeuf, a partner at Perrotin Gallery, a startled, and bemused, a woman in the crowd thought the original artist — Cattelan — was eating his own banana off the wall. Howard Cohen and Siobhan Morrissey, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2019 See all Example Sentences for bemuse 
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Verb
  • With Iman, what interested me was the drama that the secret could engender, in terms of not only his story but his relationship with his family.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The aesthetics of sport still interest Chavarria; now, the athletes interest him too.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • The animals are nervous, exhausted, aggressive and bewildered by this alarming change to their routine.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
  • His childhood friends from Thunder Bay and his teammates on the Canadian national team seemed bewildered by the charges against him.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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  • Madison's logic has certainly intrigued many, and the video has gone viral with more than 128,700 views and almost 10,000 likes on TikTok at the time of writing.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This will not be a very popular take, and maybe its the optimist in me, but I'm intrigued by most of the analytic models that have USC as a top ~20 team, despite their mediocre record.
    Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • Advertisement The enforcement has perplexed local immigrant advocates, who questioned why the Biden administration was using its final weeks to target Central Valley migrant workers for deportation.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The situation has perplexed Indian legal experts, with no precedent from which to work.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • Fishing for Microbes For years, Irene Salinas has been fascinated by a simple physiological fact: The distance between the nose and the brain is quite small.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Rosenberg, who had been fascinated by Zygielbojm’s story for years, agreed.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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  • Evans believes a lack of planning is largely to blame for our productivity failures, and warns people not to confuse being busy with being productive.
    Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Penn State’s receivers won’t be confused for an elite group, but tight end Tyler Warren is the top player in the country at that position, and the running back duo of Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton is one of the nation’s best.
    Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • Actor Nick Pupo plays Yarrow in A Complete Unknown. Peter, Paul and Mary were immersed in the volatile politics of the 1960s.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In another photo, the trio of ladies were immersed in conversation, as was Chalamet, and all four stars were smiling.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Returning to a solely home console or handheld game system would be baffling (though handheld- or console-only variants like the Nintendo Switch Lite aren't out of the question as alternative models).
    Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
  • And like so many fans, Pomeroy is baffled by the CFP selection process.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Bemuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemuse. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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