sputter
Example Sentences
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Lexington’s economic engine is sputtering to a halt.
But as labor shortages, high interest rates and a costly fiscal squeeze begins to bite, growth is sputtering.
If AI enthusiasm sputters, though, good old reliable, 7%-growing India may not look so bad again.
From Barron's
The good news is that it has shown few signs of sputtering toward the end of the year.
From MarketWatch
The U.S. has for decades made sputtering progress on hypersonic-weapons development, and the military has routinely abandoned projects before any were fielded or produced in large numbers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
