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Recent Examples of muddlerFor more instant gratification, grab a muddler (or the back of a wooden spoon or the end of a rolling pin).—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
McIntosh was also a butcher in the custom meat market at Roy Pope.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
Bum-seok encounters a grizzled elder holed up under a bridge and goes on a brief monster-hunt foray with him, which ends when the pair open fire on the critter through a closed door, only to discover it was actually the local butcher making a phone call.
With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.
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Matthew Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.