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Noun
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Since his family had cows on their farm, Riffle said his parents would occasionally have their cows’ meat processed at a local butcher’s shop.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025 -
Once, several neighbors witnessed the angry wife chasing William down a Brooklyn street, waving a butcher knife. Quarrels between the women had raged all day while William was at work in the hours before the murder.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
Noun
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What the Supreme Court should not do is hand down a blunderbuss of a legal rule — one that could very well throw every public school in the country into turmoil — based on a half-baked legal theory constructed by lawyers who don’t even know if their clients’ rights were violated yet.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
15 Apr. 2025
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Now comes President Donald Trump with his blunderbuss actions that weaken or threaten to weaken the press across the board, perplexing us all who are paying attention.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Muddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddler. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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