splutter
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Peaks stretch far into the distance and the volunteer delivery vans lumber and splutter over orange dirt roads, passing vertiginous drops.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
The conveyor belt was ready, the empty bottles were stacked and the machinery was about to splutter into life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
The story begins to splutter with some perfunctory, poorly executed scenes of Thor tagging along with the Guardians of the Galaxy, allowing Chris Pratt, David Bautista, Karen Gillan and others to cash a quick paycheck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
Years of record-low rates have fuelled the tech stock rally but with those rates now rising again the appeal of stratospherically-valued tech stocks gets dimmer for investors, especially if their growth trajectories splutter.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2022
I cough and splutter, and I am swallowed by darkness.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Words,” Jeffrey splutters to Khristen, “have enabled us to get no nearer to …” Then he trails off, stunned into silence by the inability of narrative to reckon with the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
But put his own words into his mouth and he splutters and stalls like an old banger cranking up in a deep chill.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
"Pops? I am only two years older than you," splutters Paterson.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2016
She coughs and splutters as settlement men grab the boat to clamber on.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
But while Arsenal have spluttered with two wins from their last seven league games, City are heating up at just the right time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
The pipeline of talent, once so certain, has spluttered.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
Since no one knew who was watching what and when, watercooler chat and even many recap blogs spluttered out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Wyman hoped the local population would take proud ownership of the bee in order to protect it, too, but the conversations tailed off, the momentum spluttered, he says.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
Henry spluttered, already scrambling for the river’s edge.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
At a time when the UK economy has been spluttering along for some years, this place smells of growth, and it looks like growth too.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
The spluttering champions fell behind in the 33rd minute when Murillo's fierce strike punished their failure to deal with Elliot Anderson's corner.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
Manchester United condemned Liverpool to a fourth successive defeat as Harry Maguire's late goal sealed a 2-1 win over the spluttering Premier League champions on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
Its economy is already spluttering - last year it shrunk by 0.2%.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
She tried with fingers and tried with teeth, spluttering and choking, because now the knot was quite a long way underwater.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
