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They grads are also primed to boo any speakers who so much as mutter the words “artificial intelligence.”

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

The locals in their working-class part of the city of Sahiwal mutter that Zeba is living under a curse after her previous suitors died in mysterious circumstances.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

When Musk makes the same prediction, analysts roll their eyes and mutter about missed timelines.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

You’ll watch Rex Ryan pick apart your decisions and mutter to yourself: Rex Ryan?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“Yeah, and while you were gone, Mark Chesley almost got her,” I mutter under my breath.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The man and woman walk by me as the man mutters, “You people are crazy” and other words people don’t usually say on the streets of Pella.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025

At one point, Yoshii mutters, “So this is how you get into hell.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

Say it in your head after spending the afternoon here, and it’ll be you who mutters in disgust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024

Ms. Carson, who is wearing a black lacy gown, mutters, “Oh God, whatever,” as she waves her arms in exasperation.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

“Well, maybe it’s for the best,” Grandma mutters.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

“After overhearing a passionate ideological dispute around her own kitchen table between the future Nobel laureate for literature and his radical friends from the University of Chicago, she muttered: ‘Smart, smart, smart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

By 02:00, the last muttered conversations faded away.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025

Though he’s given to explosive bursts of speech, as the character has developed, the humor he plays becomes more subtle and quiet, peppered with muttered comments and sotto voce asides he means to be heard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

He muttered a quick warning to the tree’s spirit to find another home fast, then started to chop.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

At one point these diminutive, muttering, bewhiskered mechanics accompany Grogu on a side quest, piling into a bitty space ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

On Tuesday, cameras caught Rushing muttering something after looking back at the Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee, who was in discomfort after an awkward slide at home plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

That approach contrasts with reports of tension under Alonso, with Vinicius muttering "I'm going to leave this team" after being substituted in October's Clasico.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

If this conflict is sustained, economists are muttering about growth being perhaps just half of the 1.1% the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted for this year - or even less.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Mal and Christopher left Nighthand muttering vengeance and stepped out alone into the city, on their way to the forest.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell