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They grads are also primed to boo any speakers who so much as mutter the words “artificial intelligence.”

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

The locals in their working-class part of the city of Sahiwal mutter that Zeba is living under a curse after her previous suitors died in mysterious circumstances.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

When Musk makes the same prediction, analysts roll their eyes and mutter about missed timelines.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

You’ll watch Rex Ryan pick apart your decisions and mutter to yourself: Rex Ryan?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

"He is scared of his shadow, that boy," he heard Val the miller mutter to her brother as he passed them.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

In addition to worrying about his ill daughter, Bach mutters and growls about the Prussian troops rampaging through his town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Bring it home — for Kwei,” he mutters in an elaborate creature language invented expressly for the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

The man and woman walk by me as the man mutters, “You people are crazy” and other words people don’t usually say on the streets of Pella.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025

Some are goofily anachronistic, as when Johnson mutters a few times about pulling himself up by his bootstraps like everyone else.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024

“What kind of women do they sew these pants for?” she mutters.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Then, turning to me, she muttered, “Not according to the internet this week. I’m joking!”

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

“After overhearing a passionate ideological dispute around her own kitchen table between the future Nobel laureate for literature and his radical friends from the University of Chicago, she muttered: ‘Smart, smart, smart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Some faculty and staff reacted with horror, others voiced increasing fear about the ongoing assault on academic freedom, and some merely muttered in sad resignation to the new reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

By 02:00, the last muttered conversations faded away.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025

“Don’t want to ride this dumb bus,” Ralph muttered, and I guess that was the real truth.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Some of Ullom’s richest themes need only a casual mention, like Fisher muttering that he has fewer photos of his family on his phone than stupid memes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Who knew that one of the Minions was originally meant to star in “Citizen Kane”? Apparently he was fired after muttering something like “Oh, pop” instead of “Rosebud.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

He descended on them, muttering, pecking their hair, and peering into their ears.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi