| 11. | Thomas answers her with hissing cymbals and sputtering tom-toms.
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| 12. | The second pitch sailed about like a party balloon sputtering helium.
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| 13. | The Big Red Machine was sputtering on the cliffs of history.
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| 14. | I was coughing and sputtering _ it was definitely very painful.
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| 15. | Bill Clinton promptly adopted the metaphor, leaving the Republicans sputtering.
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| 16. | There's a sputtering noise, then a loud bang.
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| 17. | Sputtering in frustration, Karnaby took off across town by foot.
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| 18. | On Monday, after sputtering for years, the vision died.
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| 19. | Now stocks are slumping again, and the recovery is sputtering.
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| 20. | The economy is sputtering to life but not quickly or vigorously.
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