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Recent Examples of muddlerFor more instant gratification, grab a muddler (or the back of a wooden spoon or the end of a rolling pin).—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
In 1872, Campbell represented a group of white New Orleans butchers who claimed that efforts by Louisiana’s Reconstruction legislature to regulate their industry violated their Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
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Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Marrow in Market will produce various raw meat cuts from its full-service butcher shop and specialty items.
With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.
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Matthew Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
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