sputter
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Instead, productivity growth has all but collapsed since the pandemic, and even before then was starting to sputter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
An added benefit: so-called “old-economy” U.S. stocks, including industrials, commodity producers, and financials, could offer refuge if enthusiasm for artificial-intelligence-related stocks begins to sputter.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Detroit, which can sputter offensively, controls this one with tempo and physicality.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025
The U.S. jobs market had started to sputter well before the government shutdown began in October — and there’s little evidence to suggest businesses are looking to hire lots more workers.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 22, 2025
“Yes. And how was I supposed to know it would sputter and fly out like that?”
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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Excerpt from "Bad Boy"
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