Spluttering

Three wins and a draw from their past month, and the spluttering of other teams inside the eight, saw Geelong jump to fifth on the ladder to maintain striking distance on fourth-placed Melbourne.

When I surface, spluttering and trying to make sense of where I am, I can feel the current pulling me like a magnet towards the ferry.

But so too is the cost of not eliminating the virus, and having to live in a spluttering economy – going in and out of lockdown – until a vaccine hopefully arrives.

Each day the pandemic exposes the failures of a stripped-back state, its underfunded engines spluttering on the corrosive oil of social inequality.

Pope Francis previously sparked concern he could have contracted coronavirus after he was pictured coughing and spluttering while addressing pilgrims at the start of the month.

Everything is clattering, spluttering, parping and tooting.

Once the mustard seeds begin spluttering, add the chili, grated ginger and curry leaves.

Pasquale tries to confront Norina – he has caught her in flagrante – but this only provokes a fight that leaves the Don spluttering.