muffler
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Hummel’s automotive trade school helped him land his first job at a muffler shop in 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Neighbors reported the suspect was driving a pickup truck with a loud muffler and wearing a hooded sweater when he set the fire, according to the documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
She’s had to repair the radiator and replace a muffler, and had some electrical work done when mice chewed wiring to the battery.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
According to court documents, a Portsmouth homeowner was working on his property in September 2020 when he heard the loud muffler of a passing car.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
The dangerous possibilities, the fumes from the bad muffler, the bumpiness of the road—I felt a queasiness in my stomach.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
This is a sport that named its bowl games for refrigerators, mufflers and weed eaters, and concludes a current one with the bleak, ritual toasting of an anthropomorphic Pop Tart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
There has been talk that mufflers could be used if the engines were considered too loud, despite the obvious logical inconsistency of that as an approach.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The price increases have been “modest,” he wrote, and on lower-priced products such as floor mats and mufflers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Water trucks and misting systems will be used to suppress dust, and equipment will be fitted with noise-reducing mufflers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Despite the park’s nonconformity, during the 1950s organized tournaments and other games were played there almost every day, even in winter, with players wrapped in mufflers and hats, awkwardly moving their pieces with gloved hands.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
