putter
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“When I’m working, I just don’t cook at all basically, and then when I get time off I like to putter around in the kitchen. I’m not very good, but I like to do it.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Only a few photographers caught this split-second moment when all the elements came together - where his right arm is, the angle of the putter, the position of his legs, his facial expression.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
They allow gimmes if the putt is within the shaft of your putter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
He said the past two weeks had boosted his confidence in his putter, and it certainly showed as he needed just 22 putts, gaining more than five strokes on the field on the greens.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Out of the corners of his eyes he watched her go to the stove and putter with pots and pans.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
The occasion often feels tacked-on amid the barbecues and the shiny putters trotted out like obligations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
He focused on altering the conventional starting point, which has shot putters standing at the back of the ring, facing away from the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
Chips from tight links turf required absolute precision, often putters were the correct option.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
She said she prefers to swap out putters every week and is proud that she has kept this one in play for at least a month.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
As the rickshaw putters along the road, darting through traffic, I drag to my lips the question that's been stuck in my heart for so long.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The previous record was set 90 years ago — only about three decades after the first cars puttered through Yosemite Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Some major drivers of higher prices, such as rents, energy, and used cars, have puttered out or started to reverse, causing sharp drops in overall inflation.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
But that was the scene I happened upon at 6:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in mid-April when I puttered into my driveway in Eugene, Oregon, my 7-year-old ensconced in the back seat.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2022
She puttered around the kitchen for a while.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
During communist days, chronic shortages and years-long waiting lists for cars like the puttering Trabant meant that mopeds and motorcycles became an indispensable way to get around.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Shahed drones have been dubbed "flying mopeds" by Ukrainians because of their puttering engines.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
I would sometimes see him puttering around the library in our part of Arlington, Virginia.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
Bean catalog: Stare meaningfully at the the swelling sea, the ferries and barges puttering past, the birds that perch on West Brother, the next island over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
He heard the familiar puttering of an old propeller, recognizing for an instant the Universal logo above him, the giant globe being encircled by a small airplane.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
