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“From his hair, to his sputter, to his strut, Penn makes a clown show out of hypocritical ultraconservative piety,” says Amy Nicholson.

Where aquifer levels decline, wells and faucets increasingly sputter and run dry, people drill deeper and the land can sink as underground spaces collapse.

Their offense has gone from leading the majors in scoring over the first half of the season, to suddenly sputtering over the last month and a half.

Paramount’s latest effort, an animated “Smurfs” reboot, sputtered at the box office.

With four 1,000-yard rushing seasons in Pittsburgh, Harris is expected to bring an immediate boost to a Chargers running game that sputtered last season in offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s first year.