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Recent Examples of mufflerThe underside of your vehicle is hot and can easily ignite grasses from your exhaust muffler.—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 The feline emerges from the muffler with its ears and neck covered with grease and oil.—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024 But robot umps don’t know a buffer from a muffler.—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 That doesn’t mean a wildfire wasn’t possible; something as minor as the heat from a car muffler can spark a blaze where vegetation is dry.—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muffler
Getty Images The one-two punch of strong earnings and tame inflation helped propel the S&P 500 to a positive week — despite the latest tariff news on Friday putting a slight damper on the action.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
19 July 2025
The result is that prices have started to drop across much of the state, as historically high mortgage rates are still putting a significant damper on demand, despite growing inventory giving buyers more options.
Some private-security agencies would endeavour to secure the suites on either side of the one that their VIP will be using to act as buffers, but this is a FIFA event, so the governing body has more control.
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Elias Burke,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
Lacking the financial buffer most for-profit startups have, they are forced to remain lean and centered.
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