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to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound
the pitch burred past the batter's ear
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Adjective
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Using too much detergent leaves soapy residue in fabrics, trapping dirt, bacteria, and hard water minerals, which leaves clothes looking dull, feeling stiff and scratchy, and smelling bad.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026 -
Cooling, smooth, and surprisingly affordable at just $6, this one upgrades scratchy hotel bedding with a softer feel while also being gentler on hair and skin overnight.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Soon, the tape popped, hummed, then clicked off.—
Adeline Goss,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
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An employee since 2002, Taylor led The Star through a set of swinging back doors and into a concrete room with Southern Pride and Ole Hickory smokers, which quietly hummed and buzzed.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Is there anything more hopeful or emblematic of change than a garden in its first scraggly youth?—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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In rock climbing, a few such traits include longer fingers, shorter forearms, and scraggly wrists, all of which might help a climber clutch at tiny crimps in the rock with substantially more ease.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The stands of the soccer stadium buzzed with anticipation.—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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But its knurled Smart Dial acts as a scroll wheel for books, web pages, and other content – offering a much more intuitive way to read with one hand.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 May 2026
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And four knurled billet feet allow precise leveling.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
14 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Responding officers found Binny tied up, zipped into a suitcase, and left in a dumpster.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
10 Dec. 2025
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That light on the back side flashes on and off, letting the officer know if the driver had a green or zipped through a red.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That's thanks to knobby dual-sport tires from Ceat mated to 19-inch front and 18-inch rear spoked aluminum wheels, and upside-down front forks with long suspension travel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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It was mostly composed of only one skull bone instead of the two bones seen in later species and largely lacked the knobby horns that other pachycephalosaurs had as ornamentation.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And my publicist swooped in and whispered, ‘Wait.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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Why cycle-breaking is going mainstream Cycle-breaking used to be whispered about in therapy rooms.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Burred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burred. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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