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If this conflict is sustained, economists are muttering about growth being perhaps just half of the 1.1% the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted for this year - or even less.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

This is what many people are muttering to themselves after a weekend of protests that ended with chaos in downtown Sunday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

The second group - who are muttering privately rather than publicly - are with the programme when it comes to refraining from uncosted commitments.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

Hall seizes upon recent accusations that actors and presenters are muttering and mumbling their way through scripts.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2013

The women in the queue are muttering, intrigued or scandalized or both.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr