mute
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About three hours later, James called NHS 111 and told the operator his brother had gone immobile and had become mute.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
This fantasy chat plays out in all its white cluelessness as the sitcom rewinds and repeats on mute.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
After deep contemplation, she despaired, writing: “Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
But there are few macroeconomic catalysts on tap until January, which will likely mute shifts in investor expectations over rates that typically move stocks.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
Still looking at him with patient interest, the mute took out his silver pencil.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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