muffler
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What were they doing to develop “anti-smog muffler devices”? A month later, Hahn got back the first of many testy, patronizing responses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
He even came to see me in his second-hand car, which was lacking a muffler, and we drove noisily over to Bass Lake and went swimming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
According to court documents, a Portsmouth homeowner was working on his property in September 2020 when he heard the loud muffler of a passing car.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
Dirty, super-heated air from a car’s engine passes through the honey-comb chambers of a catalytic converter before entering the muffler and exiting through the tail pipe.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
Grover leaned back, disappearing from view as the gay yellow cab puttered away, its muffler clattering forlornly after it.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
There has been talk that mufflers could be used if the engines were considered too loud, despite the obvious logical inconsistency of that as an approach.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The price increases have been “modest,” he wrote, and on lower-priced products such as floor mats and mufflers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Strap sound mufflers on the media, on embattled Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner, and even on Verstappen’s father, Jos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
“If you took ‘Hey Jude’ and made it about mufflers, it’d still be a great song,” Finnerty says.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Despite the park’s nonconformity, during the 1950s organized tournaments and other games were played there almost every day, even in winter, with players wrapped in mufflers and hats, awkwardly moving their pieces with gloved hands.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
