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Meanings of puzzle over in English

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Usage of puzzle over in English
1
And the doctor, outwardly confident, went away to puzzle over the case.
The Seeker
2
The only one in all the world to puzzle over its problems!
A Beautiful Possibility
3
Must he further puzzle over the insolent whims of a captious girl?
Six Feet Four
4
All the same, children may puzzle over the lion and ask embarrassing questions.
The Guardian
5
One more beguiling mystery among so many for later travellers to puzzle over.
Dancer’s Lament
6
The only thing you needed to puzzle over was the size.
Wired
7
Susan did not puzzle over the queerness of this abrupt question.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
8
And they left the banker to puzzle over the minister's remark.
The Calling of Dan Matthews
9
Leaving her to puzzle over the matter, we will return to Hamish himself.
The Channings: A Story
10
He went off, chuckling, towards his ship, leaving Bradley to puzzle over it.
Divinity
11
So why should he puzzle over the whys and wherefores of her motives?
The Lure of the Mask
12
Rivers to puzzle over the 'disappearance of the useful arts'.
The Rational Optimist
13
Cecily expected no confidences, and received none; she could only puzzle over the problem.
The Emancipated
14
I hadn't had time to study it, to puzzle over it, at the time.
Anathem
15
Her assailants left her little time to puzzle over that.
Provenance
16
You leave a neat set of dead men for the guard to puzzle over.
Empire in black and gold
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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