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spluttering

verb

present participle of splutter

as in gasping

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Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
The power outages caused by storms that roared through the region nearly two weeks ago have one resident of this Rust Belt city literally gasping for air.

— Selina Guevara, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of gasping

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In a small room on the second floor of an Episcopal church in Queens, a large printer beeps and whirs, spitting out posters inked with bright yellow tennis balls.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Oprah sported a Lululemon version during a hiking trip in Australia earlier this year, but this spitting-image pick is a fraction of the price.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of spitting

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Getting around interference The biggest technical hurdle in spectrum sharing is interference – what happens when two signals overlap and scramble each other, like two people shouting different things in your ear at the same time.

— Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
Those who speak a password, released via social media, receive a fake business card, which does mean many a guest is standing there shouting a password at the actor.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Then use either a foaming coil cleaner or a mixture of warm water and dish soap on the coils, making sure to avoid contact with the electrical controls and fan motor.

— Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 9 July 2026
Its foaming properties pull dust off your wheels and dissolve it, requiring a simple rinse afterward.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

Definition of foaming

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Pattinson, for his part, could not stop running his hand through his hair and whispering excitedly to his nearby partner, Suki Waterhouse.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Sep. 2026
The defendant and his attorney, Michael Sanft, wrap arms around one another, whispering a few final thoughts before the moment of judgment.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of whispering

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His Toronto Maple Leafs, on the heels of three straight first-round playoff exits, were sputtering in November with a 9-10-4 record.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Some analysts attributed the drop-off to sputtering demand as investors moved past the company's splashy listing and took a closer look at its bottom line.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of sputtering

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His drawling, winking charm is front and center, and his attraction to our heroine feels both genuine and even quite protective, but his violent streak is so blasé as to be unnerving.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 June 2026
Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc, a Southern-drawling Hercule Poirot-style private detective who helps a wealthy family uncover the truth behind the death of their beloved patriarch (Christopher Plummer).

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026

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