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as in to gasp
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Recent Examples of splutter
Soldiers moved past the emergency room and through the cardiology unit, staff said, as gunshots rang out and doctors spluttered through the smoke.
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Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
The conveyor belt was ready, the empty bottles were stacked and the machinery was about to splutter into life.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 11 July 2023
Be careful, the cilantro will splutter!
—Smita Dolan, Bon Appétit, 25 Sep. 2020
The Dangerous Idea at the Heart of Trump's Acquittal
Trump’s allies spluttered with rage and scorn.
—David French, Time, 6 Feb. 2020
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Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
The conveyor belt was ready, the empty bottles were stacked and the machinery was about to splutter into life.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 11 July 2023
Be careful, the cilantro will splutter!
—Smita Dolan, Bon Appétit, 25 Sep. 2020
The Dangerous Idea at the Heart of Trump's Acquittal
Trump’s allies spluttered with rage and scorn.
—David French, Time, 6 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splutter
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The nearly 60,000-strong crowd gasped collectively as Martin momentarily disappeared.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Inside the courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Colombo’s mother, Tonya Colombo, gasped as the verdict was read.Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Two unidentified staff members were offered a plea deal for their charge of official oppression after slamming a child’s head into a brick pillar and spitting on him as he was dragged away to solitary confinement.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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At the time, an early stint on Barney & Friends had led to a leading role on Wizards, which sucked her into the Disney machine and, later, spit her out a chart-topping superstar.Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Cooper, 30, shouts to the 5,000 screaming young women who have packed the house.Alexandra York, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Majors began shouting in Grace’s face and grabbed both her arms, pinning them to her body.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Scientists had speculated that either micrometeoroids were to blame or solar wind hitting the lunar surface transferred energy into particles and ejected them upward in a process called sputtering.Jonathan O’Callaghan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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And DeSantis, whose own presidential campaign sputtered this year, could make a second run.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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The same way that our culture has taught us to whisper about our periods and hide our tampons—despite the fact that our menstrual cycles perpetuate our species—new mothers are culturally guided to hide the more brutal details of childbirth.Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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The faux poster was an alteration to the official Universal Pictures marketing materials in which Elphaba’s full face is on display as Glinda (Ariana Grande) whispers in her ear.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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According to Mayor Ron Jensen, fire crews responded to a warehouse fire on S Avenue around 1 p.m. on Tuesday and utilized a foaming agent to extinguish the flames.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Sep. 2024
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That's because it's formulated with nourishing ingredients like castor oil and cocoa butter—and without harsh foaming agents, which can strip your scalp of natural moisture.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Young supporters in replica shirts pressed their faces against the perimeter fencing, murmuring at every sweet touch of the ball or ripple of the net.Rafa Honigstein and Seb Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
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Baraka took the stage, in a pink shirt and white sneakers, and delivered an address that kept the room murmuring and chuckling for more than an hour.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Yet four years later, the argument still hasn’t been tried, while the cycle of public attention frothed and fizzled, with various starts and stops.Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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There’s no easy solution for Sports Interactive, no path forward that’s not going to upset some fans of the game, who are already frothing with anger on the company’s forums.Barry Collins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Splutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splutter. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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