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"I do 12-hour shifts at work and trying to muddle all of them together has just been really hard," Clark says.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

Another muddle concerns his expectations of economic gains from artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

For China’s economy to muddle along, Chu says, the U.S. economy needs to do well and keep buying Chinese goods, even if they are no longer coming via Vietnam or Malaysia.

From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025

Lululemon recently came under criticism from analysts for its partnership with the NFL, on concerns that it would further muddle the waters for a company better known for its yoga pants than for football merchandise.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

I was curious, but because of the muddle inside me, I merely pointed toward the back.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

That may be a greenlight for investors to take a closer look at well-positioned companies, even if China’s economy merely muddles along.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“He just muddles through and uses Google Images and sort of figures it out that way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

But the recent discovery of this active, deeper slip plane, which sits at roughly twice the depth of the previously tracked landslides, further muddles any possible solution to the growing disaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

Scientists have simulated conditions that allow hazy skies to form in water-rich exoplanets, a crucial step in determining how haziness muddles observations by ground and space telescopes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023

He muddles his vowel sounds, drops some consonants and even whole syllables.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Dementia had muddled the dates in his mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Rising competition and a cautious consumer backdrop have suppressed sales, analysts say, and frequent management changes have muddled the strategy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

The legends surrounding the team can, at times, become muddled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Semiconductor stocks just muddled through their worst two-day stretch since March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

And Louise, still muddled, looked around for her skirt and something for on top.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Most people have these spaces, she notes, but “the usual experience is of muddling along, spending these bits of time without much direction”—puttering around the house, mindlessly scrolling on our phones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

You can also underscore the fruit’s bitterness by muddling its peel.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

That’s partly because the plot can veer into far-fetched territory, but also because we see the story unfold from two different viewpoints, muddling the truth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Just two weeks before a pivotal meeting, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy has been just muddling along as of late.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

Instead of muddling through and making the best of things, we pull the blankets over our heads and hope that whatever is troubling us will simply go away and leave us alone.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood