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The muddle of Catholic teaching on war has been a long time in the making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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

When to prepare her own meal because today’s cook would muddle the soup, when to bring a shawl because Indiana nights were a shiver, colder than she’d ever known.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

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

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

Dementia had muddled the dates in his mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

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

Feldstein Soto’s messaging was at times muddled and lacked the flair of her challengers, political observers said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

To Celia’s ears, the sounds no longer resolve into words, and she frowns as her father’s responses take on the same muddled quality.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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 try muddling in fresh basil or citrus peel to amp up the mocktail’s bitterness.

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

A prosperous city-state on the east side of the island of Sicily, Syracuse had been muddling along for years under a succession of tyrants.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith