putter
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When the company released a putter in 2022, people camped out overnight to get their hands on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“When I’m working, I just don’t cook at all basically, and then when I get time off I like to putter around in the kitchen. I’m not very good, but I like to do it.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
He was beaten by McIlroy in a play-off last year, but put himself in position to avenge that defeat as McIlroy's stone-cold putter loosened his grip on the tournament.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
He said the past two weeks had boosted his confidence in his putter, and it certainly showed as he needed just 22 putts, gaining more than five strokes on the field on the greens.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Louie made a habit of sitting next to the mountainous shot putter Jack Torrance, who had an inexplicably tiny appetite.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
The occasion often feels tacked-on amid the barbecues and the shiny putters trotted out like obligations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
He focused on altering the conventional starting point, which has shot putters standing at the back of the ring, facing away from the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
Chips from tight links turf required absolute precision, often putters were the correct option.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
She said she prefers to swap out putters every week and is proud that she has kept this one in play for at least a month.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
He putters around the den, tidying, and I read the brochures.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
After grabbing items for dinner at a Trader Joe’s, I puttered home along a main drag with a 35 mph limit, fully pressing the pedal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In fact, I was gulping some of the Sailing Goat’s excellent clam chowder when my innkeepers’ 22-foot boat puttered up to the dock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Things puttered along until Elfster’s big break, which came in 2009: Claire’s hired the company for a Secret Santa campaign.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022
We puttered across the lawn, the boys screaming their goodbyes.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
During communist days, chronic shortages and years-long waiting lists for cars like the puttering Trabant meant that mopeds and motorcycles became an indispensable way to get around.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Shahed drones have been dubbed "flying mopeds" by Ukrainians because of their puttering engines.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
I would sometimes see him puttering around the library in our part of Arlington, Virginia.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
Cortes would often walk from the homestead to Arvia to find his abuelito in the shed out back doing maintenance or puttering at his TV and radio repair business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
He made a show of puttering around, checking the cords that held the tarpaulin tight.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
