muddle

The soundtrack to her life is becoming a muddle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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

She reached into the muddle of papers on her desk and found a scrap on which someone had written with a green pen.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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

The researchers knew at this point that they had a subjective way to induce presence hallucinations, thanks to the robotic task that muddles up the user's senses.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

I really don't think it muddles the message.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023

Faerie fruit, which muddles the mind, which makes humans crave it enough to starve themselves for another taste, which makes us pliant and suggestible and ridiculous.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

If anything, it muddled our relationship, the communicative signals of the PetPhone confusing Clover and ultimately making me feel distanced from her.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

It’s a picaresque, fantastical and often absurdly funny curiosity, but little more than that—and more than a little muddled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

The language used to describe snack tins is so flowery — and muddled by hyper-wellness jargon — it’s almost nonsensical.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Yet the culture's court of public opinion has grown muddled, notably as concerns about fast fashion and petroleum-based materials grow.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Woods choke off views and leave you muddled and without bearings.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The BBC understands Lord Mandelson doesn't believe there were any security concerns, wasn't asked to do anything to deal with any and there has been a muddling of key details relating to these claims.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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