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  • adjective obsolete Confused, disturbed.

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  • But though the sentiments expressed in the Globe article ring true, Publishers Marketplace points out that the article unfortunately "mangl [es]" the timeline of the support for the book, and ends up "confus [ing] the record as much as clarify [ing]."

    Paul Harding's 'Tinkers': The Surprise Pulitzer Winner 2010

  • But though the sentiments expressed in the Globe article ring true, Publishers Marketplace points out that the article unfortunately "mangl [es]" the timeline of the support for the book, and ends up "confus [ing] the record as much as clarify [ing]."

    Paul Harding's 'Tinkers': The Surprise Pulitzer Winner 2010

  • But it should give us peace of mind that, behind every confus ing change and unsettling revision, we are moving closer to the truth.

    Will Medicine Ever Make Up Its Mind? 2010

  • Aujourd'hui j'ai le coeur lourd, car après le désastre de la version 2.0 "beta", le redesign du site qui le laisse plus confus qu'avant, les fils RSS qui timent out, le blog sans âme et les pubs qui clignotent, je me retrouve avec de grosses bannières autopromotionnelles dans mon tumblelog, dans lequel j'ai intégré le flux RSS de mes commentaires.

    2008 March — Climb to the Stars 2008

  • Aujourd'hui j'ai le coeur lourd, car après le désastre de la version 2.0 "beta", le redesign du site qui le laisse plus confus qu'avant, les fils RSS qui timent out, le blog sans âme et les pubs qui clignotent, je me retrouve avec de grosses bannières autopromotionnelles dans mon tumblelog, dans lequel j'ai intégré le flux RSS de mes commentaires.

    Please Don’t Be Rude, coComment. I Loved You. — Climb to the Stars 2008

  • Romney faces skeptics who now are even more confus...

    12/22/2006 2006

  • Maybe this is what John is thinking of: N'importe ! dit-il un peu confus, Chateauneuf et

    languagehat.com: QUIZ. 2005

  • Warm, humid air meshed confus-ingly with that of the air-conditioned station as the night sounds of Parramat entertained his hearing.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • * Brouillent leurs escrits de tant des meslinges confus, que ceste lie ont oste toute clarte: [1222] 1

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • [23] Brouillent leurs escrits de tant des meslinges confus, que ceste lie ont oste toute clarte.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

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