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• always: One thing that always befuddles me is the lack of focus many site pages have... .

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• attempt: But his wife, in cahoots with her lover and her servant, cleverly outwits his befuddled attempts to expose her with hilarious consequences.

• head: Each tendon that is pulled out to create a stalk is a small triumph, a moment of clarity in my befuddled head.

• man: Cusack has perfected the befuddled man in love, and best of all he is incredibly easy to identify with in this role.

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• when: Clergy in the West are famous for being befuddled when it comes to preaching the sermon on Trinity Sunday.

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• rather: Basically, it's all been knocked together by a committee of rather befuddled monkeys.

• hopelessly: But it's not long before Blackwell is hopelessly befuddled by Pathan's third slower ball in four deliveries.

• increasingly: A trip to the pub was needed to help dear my increasingly befuddled brain.