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Manchester United meanwhile continue to splutter their way through the season, picking up points here and there without playing anything like the football their fans expect.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

The story begins to splutter with some perfunctory, poorly executed scenes of Thor tagging along with the Guardians of the Galaxy, allowing Chris Pratt, David Bautista, Karen Gillan and others to cash a quick paycheck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022

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

So as we splutter rather than sashay into the New Year, tell us how you’re seeing in the New Year.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2021

Nailer fought the urge to splutter and cough.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

“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

“I mean, just look again at these pairings!” splutters Dr Golf, who is on hand all afternoon to monitor your heart-rate, check your blood pressure and monitor your heart-rate.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2021

"Pops? I am only two years older than you," splutters Paterson.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

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

While Celtic have spluttered, Rangers have motored since Philippe Clement took charge.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023

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

He coughed and spluttered, but his eyelids fluttered open.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

City weren't at their best in the second half, but they held on to pile pressure on spluttering Arsenal, who travel to Tottenham for the north London derby on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

But in their first game of 2026 they delivered a spluttering display that left them four points adrift of the Gunners.

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

Its economy is already spluttering - last year it shrunk by 0.2%.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

But that motor is spluttering, to put it mildly.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

Then he swung a flywheel round and round, and with a bit of luck, after a lot of coughing and spluttering, the thing would finally get going.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl