stammer
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Hansen would then make a dramatic entrance and interrogate the men, who would often stammer and bumble through the encounter before leaving.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
The hairdresser doesn't feel her game was impacted by her stammer as the other contestants would be patient and allow her to speak her mind.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
BBC Traitors star Jessie Stride says helping to raise awareness for those with a stammer "means more than any prize money".
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Her expression lay somewhere between anger and disappointment but settled into a familiar look of annoyance as Ophie began to stammer out an excuse.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
"I've had lots of people with stammers reach out, which is just really nice," says Jessie.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Britt stammers in response: “I don’t always—you know, yes, I cook Sunday nights for dinner, but I was about to say, I don’t always crush it.”
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
In interviews, she openly admitted to feeling inadequate in her signature halting, circular stammers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Dean Wilkins clears his throat, stammers for a second, and then says that yes, by all means, I am welcome to return and sit my exams.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
The clip featured influencer Jessie Yendle struggling to pronounce a sound as she stammered, before the repetition transitioned into the start of a popular TikTok dance track playing over footage of striker Serhou Guirassy.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
I stammered inane commentary as my eyes tried to refocus.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
“Tim, I'm focused on the future,” Vance stammered before an ineffective attempt to deflect.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
Members of the audience stammered in response and some shook their heads in video from the board meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
I hadn't stammered once, the whole time I'd been talking to Mrs. Gretton.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
After one of his sketches, the actual Sid Caesar might ever so briefly, in a stammering voice, appear before a commercial break to say: “We’ll be right back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
The humanity Stamp imbued in the tragic, stammering naval vessel crewman established Stamp as a talent to watch — with a Golden Globe Award for best male newcomer to prove it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
That can include difficulties with learning new words, understanding non-verbal cues or stammering during speech.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
We loved him as the stammering bookseller who captures Julia Roberts’ heart in “Notting Hill” or the feckless non-marrying type in “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”
From Salon ● May 11, 2024
Most people think stammering and stuttering are the same but they're as different as diarrhea and constipation.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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