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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

“I remember a roomful of actors muttering ‘Jesus Christ’ each time they realized they had to sit through another cartoon,” Ms. Minnelli writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

At one point, a microphone picked up someone in the meeting muttering “idiot” as Levi was talking.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

She described how Gordon started to rock "backwards and forwards in a chair", muttering under his breath that he was "confused".

From BBC • May 27, 2025

“Not for myself,” he was muttering, trying to control his treacherous voice, “for another. I took it for another. There was no other way. I hoped you would not notice. I had to do it.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya