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And as the Dodgers’ offense continued to sputter, the Diamondbacks surged with a trio of home runs, giving the fans exactly what they asked for Monday night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Hopes had been high that the eurozone's traditional growth engine would sputter back to life in 2026 after years of stagnation, driven by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's public spending blitz.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

And when they do, the room will sputter, “Wait, how did this not get a single Oscar nomination?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

I sputter out, “I’ll talk to you at school,” and hang up.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Thankfully, there are a few moments when the album sputters into life.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

When a guard tells them they just beat the clock, the nervous Ray-Ray sputters, “Oh we’re not together—right, Sal?. . . Um, I meant sir, not Sal—right, Sal?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Small-cap companies tend to have weaker balance sheets, higher debt loads and can become more vulnerable to defaults than major corporations if the economy sputters.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

A street market in a Buenos Aires working-class neighborhood bustles with desperate Argentines who have taken to hawking their belongings to make ends meet as the economy sputters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

“It was just a joke, Shay!” she sputters.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

The investigation sputtered for decades because of a lack of evidence, but the cold case was revived with the publication in 2019 of Davis's memoirs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

While Hernández found contact on each of his at-bats, the rest of the team sputtered through six innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

But in recent months, the federal research engine has sputtered, with far fewer new grants awarded or made available than in years past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

The only way that would change is if the economy sputtered and layoffs begin to surge, analysts say.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

“I have no idea—what the devil are you—snakes and—I haven’t time for your childish—,” he sputtered.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

In turn, the technorati are sputtering, trying to regroup for their counteroffensive while laying blame for why the dreams of AI aren’t being embraced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Instead, magnetron sputtering deposition creates the material from alloy vapor.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

But Jerry wants in his sputtering way to make amends to his brother for the cruel things he did to him when they were younger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

China’s economy has been sputtering for a years, with consumers especially reluctant to spend, hurting some of those companies.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

The radio was sputtering and then we could hear the announcer explain about a man named Jackie Robinson—one of our folk playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals