buzzed

past tense of buzz
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as in burst
to be copiously supplied for months the area has been buzzing with rumors that a megacorporation plans to locate its headquarters here

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Recent Examples of buzzed Phones buzzed with warnings all night warning of flash floods in the morning. Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 In the 1970s and 80s, dirt bikes buzzed around its fragile landscape, creating erosion and noise. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Giovanna Mantilla was in a meeting in late April when her smartwatch buzzed with the kind of notification that usually makes a small-business owner smile. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 For the most recent earnings season, these forecasting fruit flies buzzed around modeling 12% earnings growth for the quarter. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Astrophotographer Efrain Morales captured spectacular footage of China's Tiangong space station as its silhouette buzzed Tycho Crater during a lunar transit on May 29, one night before May's Blue Moon. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 June 2026 The crowd at the party buzzed around one of that show’s key players, Lindsay Hubbard, who was in attendance. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2026 Poopies tries to shave his face as Knoxville zaps him, and later, Steve-O struggles to tattoo a smiley face onto Holmes' nipple as he gets repeatedly buzzed. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026 On a recent Sunday, a low-flying Israeli drone buzzed over Tyre's Antiquities neighborhood, where Israeli airstrikes had hit the previous week. Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buzzed
Verb
  • Protesters burst in and take over news conference as Madison police identify man killed by officer a day earlier.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes begin to burst and release their juices.
    Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Police say Wright sped up and drove toward them, striking the man so hard that he was sent into the air before landing on the roadway.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The town's only hospital hummed with ambulances, burial teams and a steady stream of patients.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • DeChambeau hummed and whistled and messed with the 15 or so reporters still waiting him out.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • My husband Grant Wahl's bulged and burst, at an age when this disease usually means something inherited.
    Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • That ball found the head of Jude Bellingham, whose diving header bulged the net and opened the scoring.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Joe and Julius hurried ahead and instantly found a blood trail.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
  • RockHounds players and training staff hurried to tend to Lasko, and Taylor dropped to one knee near the warning track.
    Zach Powell, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • So Canha zipped out to Burbank in California for production with the Food Network.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • Having yanked herself out of the doldrums, Nosková zipped to a 5-2 lead in the second set, before again giving up four quick points to Muchová.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Sitting with her children in a carriage during the parade and later appearing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, the princess wore nodded to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana's 1987 Easter outfit in a pale blue ensemble and wide-brimmed hat by Catherine Walker.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 June 2026
  • Conversations between the two often brimmed with lessons on life, which Honda carries close to heart.
    Julius Miller Follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant tucked into a strip mall off the highway, shook out her blue, shoulder-length hair and took out her phone.
    Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • The plane stopped, passengers scurried to the terminal and airport employees climbed up on the wings trying to keep the airliner from blowing away.
    Dan Kelly July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

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