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stutter

[stuht-er] / ˈstʌt ər /
VERB
speak haltingly
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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MacCallum pressed him on campaign finance and high-profile donors, and El-Sayed did not stutter or retreat.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

His nephew Griffin Bremner said he felt the plane stutter and the propellers slow down, then his uncle turned to him and said, “Griffin, we’re cooked!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

I need to make sure he goes the wrong way, hence the stutter, you try to send them the wrong way.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

When I was dating my wife, Lilach, I told her that stuttering is hereditary and that she might have children who stutter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

“You know, you didn’t stutter at all when you were adding,” he pointed out.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

—European equities were mixed in early trade as a rally in technology stocks stutters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

When China’s economy stutters, one major consumer class keeps spending: the country’s older households.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

As life in Spain and Portugal stutters back to normal, the big questions are not just what went wrong but how to prevent such a full-scale power failure from happening again.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

But Lee, wise to how the heart stutters, didn’t pander to audiences with bromides like love is love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

My heart nearly stutters to a stop when Bill counts five twice in a row.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

If England have occasionally stuttered, so have Argentina, escaping from difficult situations against Cape Verde, Egypt and Switzerland in the knockout phase.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

I stuttered as a child, so getting me into social situations was hard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

My line stuttered forward and flopped onto the water with all the stealth of a cannonball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Oil prices extended gains Wednesday as Middle East peace talks stuttered, though stocks mostly rose on the back of continued demand for all things linked to artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The next Saturday news of a truly stunning failure stuttered through the submarine cable that linked Britain and America.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Given their price tags, the pressure was on both to start delivering after stuttering starts to their individual campaigns.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The outflows have come as Chinese policymakers have struggled to sustain a post-pandemic economic revival, with annual growth slowing, consumption stuttering and property sector debt mounting.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Built around a stuttering, jazzy chord progression, Stand On It was one of the standouts on KWN's debut EP, With All Due Respect, released last June.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Then researchers at Vanderbilt and Wayne State, drawing on the DNA of more than a million people, published in Nature Genetics the largest genomewide study of stuttering ever conducted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

I try to explain to the librarian, but I keep stuttering and nothing comes out right.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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