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But shortly thereafter the rally began to sputter, as the below chart shows.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 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

He started Sunday with a sputter, including a double bogey on the par-three fourth and a bogey shortly after.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 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

High above I saw the small flame sputter into light.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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 breathing out hot air in sputters and whines that seemed to prick every pore on my body.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

This year’s French panic, however, appears to have sputtered.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Rams’ offense sputtered and the team fell woefully short of its Super Bowl ambitions during an 18-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday at SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sales at U.S. retailers in July had the largest decline in 14 months, but not because the economy sputtered.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

“Something new, Edna?” exclaimed Miss Mayblunt, with lorgnette directed toward a magnificent cluster of diamonds that sparkled, that almost sputtered, in Edna’s hair, just over the center of her forehead.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Stocks are sputtering as the tech trade loses steam.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Maybe this is what the Chargers are — lurching, sputtering and unable to consistently move the football, despite an offensive overhaul packed with lofty expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

The company had blamed the poor outlook on sputtering growth from its key branded-checkout product, which lets customers use PayPal when making online purchases, and poor internal execution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Friday’s figures provided an initial look at the world’s second-largest economy heading into the third quarter, following official data that showed growth sputtering in the April-June period amid a pullback in government and private spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

It came from across the fence in the farmyard, a loud, sputtering roar.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien