mutter
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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
“Wish I had a phone so we could look up the instructions,” I mutter.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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
“Why are you here?” a Ukrainian soldier barks at a captured Russian, who mutters back, “I don’t know why we’re here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
Say it in your head after spending the afternoon here, and it’ll be you who mutters in disgust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024
Ms. Carson, who is wearing a black lacy gown, mutters, “Oh God, whatever,” as she waves her arms in exasperation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
His glare is icy and unnerving, and he mutters something under his breath.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Francisco de Quevedo drank in long-gone watering holes where Luis de Góngora muttered his verse.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
At that point during the hearing, Darren Coates - one of Ian's sons - muttered "damn right".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 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
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy, I thought just as the boy muttered quietly, under his breath, “Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
You can almost imagine Palace officials rolling their eyes and muttering, "Nightmare".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
When coders everywhere start muttering to their AI minions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
That approach contrasts with reports of tension under Alonso, with Vinicius muttering "I'm going to leave this team" after being substituted in October's Clasico.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Outside the Capitol, I kept walking and muttering to myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Allun the baker's light, pleasant voice rose above the muttering of the crowd.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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