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stutter

verb as in speak haltingly

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It was a chaotic and potentially ominous afternoon from start to finish for Celtic against Dundee as their stuttering season continued with a first defeat at Dens Park since 1988.

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I was just like, trying not to be a stuttering idiot, trying not to blurt out, “I love ‘Pretty Woman’!”

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Despite security services continuing to warn of brazen Chinese spying attempts, the U.K. government has recently sought to try to deepen trading relations with China amid stuttering economic growth.

The game played well too, with no visible stutters or freezes - though this is surely to be expected for something that doesn't have the same graphical demands as modern titles.

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He developed chronic headaches, began stuttering, suffered severe tremors and would regularly collapse in public and be helped home by strangers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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