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A delayed reaction adds to the muddle because most victims don’t get sick until hours after eating, and weeks or months after the tick bite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

I meet each new crisis with little more than a desire to muddle through, to patch it up well enough that I can forget about it.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Daco recently raised the chance of a U.S. recession to 40% because of these worries, but he still thinks the economy is sturdy enough to muddle along.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

So the best investors can hope for in the U.K. is probably that the government will muddle through without succumbing to a political or fiscal collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

It’s all a muddle, but I somehow feel that if I went back to the root of our troubles, my actions would be at the heart of it.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

That may be a greenlight for investors to take a closer look at well-positioned companies, even if China’s economy merely muddles along.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“He just muddles through and uses Google Images and sort of figures it out that way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

But the recent discovery of this active, deeper slip plane, which sits at roughly twice the depth of the previously tracked landslides, further muddles any possible solution to the growing disaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

Scientists have simulated conditions that allow hazy skies to form in water-rich exoplanets, a crucial step in determining how haziness muddles observations by ground and space telescopes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023

He muddles his vowel sounds, drops some consonants and even whole syllables.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

It has been a muddled start with suggestions Newcastle have lacked leadership and experience, with England defender Kieran Trippier, 36, also departing this summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rising competition and a cautious consumer backdrop have suppressed sales, analysts say, and frequent management changes have muddled the strategy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

Hirokazu Kore-eda directs this muddled film about grieving parents who adopt an android copy of their dead son.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Think whipped ricotta and blue cheese on crisp oil-toasted sourdough, topped with muddled olives, garlic, lemon and orange zest, fresh basil, olive brine, and a little red pepper flake.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Bobby Gene and I muddled our way through breakfast, trying to tamp down our excitement.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

You can also underscore the fruit’s bitterness by muddling its peel.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

That’s partly because the plot can veer into far-fetched territory, but also because we see the story unfold from two different viewpoints, muddling the truth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Just two weeks before a pivotal meeting, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy has been just muddling along as of late.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

In the early stages, Oddie says, they were "just muddling through".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

Instead of muddling through and making the best of things, we pull the blankets over our heads and hope that whatever is troubling us will simply go away and leave us alone.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood