muddle

I meet each new crisis with little more than a desire to muddle through, to patch it up well enough that I can forget about it.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Plus, Kevin Warsh wants the Fed to say less, and AI deepfakes muddle the midterms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Daco recently raised the chance of a U.S. recession to 40% because of these worries, but he still thinks the economy is sturdy enough to muddle along.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

He still ran away bleating if any of the cows took it into their heads to look at him sideways, but most of the time they couldn’t be bothered and he managed to muddle through.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

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

Whether that enhances public health, erodes it or simply muddles the conversation further remains an open question.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 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

Instead, it simply muddles the everyman point of the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

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

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Wendy’s has faced rising competition, management changes and muddled promotional offers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

If that sounds muddled, it is because the relationship between the two men is not straightforward.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But the play’s aims and ideas are so muddled that little of what follows these developments makes any sense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Think whipped ricotta and blue cheese on crisp oil-toasted sourdough, topped with muddled olives, garlic, lemon and orange zest, fresh basil, olive brine, and a little red pepper flake.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Penelope knew it was unlikely that any squirrel would possess even a fraction of Edith-Anne’s resourcefulness, and this one in particular had already shown signs of muddled thinking.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

Most writers of detective stories trick us by withholding or muddling the one clue that explains everything; Chesterton is so fun that you won’t even care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

To make its mocktail rendition, Caporale suggests making a simple limeade by muddling mint leaves with fresh lime juice and adding sugar along with soda water.

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

But the only remnant left was the burning ache in my throat and the stench of spent gunpowder and swampy water muddling in my nostrils.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros