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Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd also confounded early predictions.

But this rower confounded the predictions.

Bo Xilai's trial has confounded all predictions.

To the extent that Californians -- and Americans -- subscribe to that view, they have confounded the predictions of countless theorists about the nature of democratic politics.

On Saturday the women's final confounded pessimistic predictions when Serena Williams dethroned her sister Venus in an energetic and competitive contest.

A peaceful transfer of power to a new government would be a political victory of sorts for President Asif Ali Zardari, the party co-chairman, who has confounded regular predictions of the demise of his government over the past five years.

Still, those who did turn up saw a match that immediately confounded predictions of a tight, dour encounter.

Their presence is the visible evidence of a surge in international tourism, driven by the newly acquired prosperity of the G20 giants, that has confounded predictions of moderate growth in the wake of the global financial crisis.

Greece teetered on the precipice but confounded predictions that Athens would crash out of the single currency.

However, the Alliance party confounded predictions that its support for changing the policy of flying the union flag atop Belfast city hall 365 days a year would lead to electoral meltdown.

If David Cameron is right, and the key to his election win came at 1.53am on Friday when Nuneaton confounded predictions by declaring again for the Conservatives, then Labour strategists could learn a lot from people in the north Warwickshire town.