muffler
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What were they doing to develop “anti-smog muffler devices”? A month later, Hahn got back the first of many testy, patronizing responses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
He even came to see me in his second-hand car, which was lacking a muffler, and we drove noisily over to Bass Lake and went swimming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
On March 29, the city’s Department of Construction and Inspections ordered Hudson to remove modifications to his Hellcat’s muffler and exhaust system by April 15 or face penalties of up to $1,300 per day.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
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
And it requires the right clothes — mufflers, fur collars, wool caps, big boots, gloves — which communicate coziness even as they underscore the cold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
We made our children gargle with warm saltwater and wrap mufflers around their necks.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
