splutter
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Years of record-low rates have fuelled the tech stock rally but with those rates now rising again the appeal of stratospherically-valued tech stocks gets dimmer for investors, especially if their growth trajectories splutter.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2022
In 2004, when Mount St. Helens began to cough and splutter in a concerning manner, Dr. Moran became wrapped up in a surfeit of tasks.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
Certainly, it’s true that for those who once motored on, constantly producing cosily banal content every day for content’s sake, the machine has started to splutter.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2020
Only when I'd translated my destination from Catalan did the disembodied voice of the hire car's computerised navigator splutter into life.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2018
Harry did not stay to watch Slughorn splutter: He and Luna ran after Professor McGonagall, who had taken up a position in the middle of the corridor and raised her wand.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
“Words,” Jeffrey splutters to Khristen, “have enabled us to get no nearer to …” Then he trails off, stunned into silence by the inability of narrative to reckon with the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
"Pops? I am only two years older than you," splutters Paterson.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2016
“Everyone is promoting themselves,” Mr. Ahmad splutters later.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2016
He splutters about, unattached pronouns flying off into the rafters—who is the “they” who got the great deal?
From Time ● Jan. 10, 2016
Mom splutters something, and it's the man who answers. "... reports of lights on late at night... the missing boy's room."
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
It left the squad mediocre and unbalanced as expensive new acquisitions spluttered or suffered injuries, while their recruitment team failed to deliver one of their most significant targets.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
But while Arsenal have spluttered with two wins from their last seven league games, City are heating up at just the right time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
Indeed, I found myself feeling a personal bond with the calm and implacable voice guiding our progress even as my spouse spluttered and argued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
Wyman hoped the local population would take proud ownership of the bee in order to protect it, too, but the conversations tailed off, the momentum spluttered, he says.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
There was little Clarice in a corner with some boy off the estate, she was smiling happily, squealing with delight as a squib spluttered at her feet.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
A spluttering labor market looks to be strengthening, with unemployment dipping to 4.3% and workers’ wages rising.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Liverpool were punished for their spluttering start in the 17th minute when Raul Jimenez's pass beat the Fulham offside trap.
From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026
Chances are you know someone coughing and spluttering - hopefully not directly on you - right now.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Its economy is already spluttering - last year it shrunk by 0.2%.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
When the wall of seawater subsided, the three Romans were in the bay, spluttering and frantically trying to stay afloat in their armor.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
