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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

The audio has a distinctly early-2000s quality to it, reminiscent of the days when incoming calls caused nearby speakers to violently stutter.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

"I have a speech impediment, I stutter, so for people who feel like they're not the 'typical' host, I want this to feel like a home."

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Later, it emerged that Diallo had a stutter, so he may well have tried to say something but simply couldn’t.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

"You know how you really feel / You don't have to waste your life," she sings, as the wedding band stutters to an uncertain halt.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Russia's economy grew by one percent in 2025, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, marking a much slower expansion compared to the 2024 figure as it stutters under the burden of the Ukraine war.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

Her first interviewee stutters, “Uh, heaven, heaven is, uh, um, let me see.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

My breathing stutters, and I reach out a shaking hand to the table to steady myself.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Micron stock has stuttered in recent weeks but Mizuho's Vijay Rakesh is confident it will only be a blip.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

European equities fell in opening trade as a rally in technology stocks stuttered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

My grandfather Jimmy stuttered until he died at 95.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

While luxury consumption in Europe and the United States has been driven by pandemic-era savings, Chinese consumers have spent more frugally as the post-Covid recovery has stuttered.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

“Hey, m-maybe we need to get some m-more burgers going,” he sort of stuttered, more nervous than I’d ever heard him, but he stopped short as he looked around the shocked crowd in the kitchen.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

Hampshire won six of their opening seven South Group games to put themselves in the driving seat for top spot, before stuttering with three defeats from five to end the group phase.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Bangladesh's new government has sought greater Chinese investments and partnership to revive a stuttering economy, even as it attempts to re-balance ties with neighbouring India.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

SoftBank shares have declined by more than a fifth in the last five trading sessions as speculation about its difficulty in raising a loan coincides with some stuttering in the overall narrative forAI-related technology stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Ah, such intelligence,” she beamed when I finished stuttering through the Hail Mary in English, “a true man of learning!”

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya


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