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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

“You think I’m a thug, well I claim it,” I mutter.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

He mutters and trails off when he speaks publicly, making him hard to quote in full.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

When he mutters aloud what he is thinking about Shane — “Daughter married an idiot” — all hell breaks loose, prompting Rhys to flee without explanation or apology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

Some are goofily anachronistic, as when Johnson mutters a few times about pulling himself up by his bootstraps like everyone else.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024

The world around us, ice and rock, ash and snow, fire and dark, trembles and twitches and mutters.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Then, turning to me, she muttered, “Not according to the internet this week. I’m joking!”

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 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

When Vinicius muttered "I'm going to leave this team" as he was replaced in Sunday's El Clasico win, it wasn't a new thought.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

As hard as she tried to paint Mamdani’s proposals as unreasonable, she often muttered “right” under her breath as he answered her questions, serving to unintentionally bolster his talking points.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025

“The box office is the best job I’ve ever had,” he muttered, though when his eyes met hers, he looked ready to say something else.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The last we last see of Hansen, muttering lines from his script as the police process the Conradt crime scene, suggests a man distubred, perhaps even chastened, by what he has witnessed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Who knew that one of the Minions was originally meant to star in “Citizen Kane”? Apparently he was fired after muttering something like “Oh, pop” instead of “Rosebud.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

Bobby couldn’t understand why the chief arbiter didn’t prevent this muttering, since it was forbidden by the rules, and he told the organizers that Tal should be thrown out of the tournament.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady