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chirring

verb

present participle of chirr

as in whirring

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On a Wednesday night, the overhead lights are dimmed, the industrial fans are whirring and Chrishana Simon is gliding around the makeshift roller rink.

— Debbie Elliott, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
At night, breeze wafts through louvres, circulated by whirring ceiling fans.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

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Eventually, my mother comes downstairs again and puts her arms around him and holds him, whispering something to him, words that to me are meaningless and incomprehensible.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
On multiple occasions, she could be heard whispering her husband’s answers as Sandusky struggled to hear.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Scientists previously created tiny diving suits for Madagascar hissing cockroaches that could be used in perilous search operations, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026
But delivering that level of craft in a high-octane room where the hissing espresso machine competes with the bassline?

— Carly Boers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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Imagine Marlon James in a crisp, white shirt and conservative tie, droning through another day of brainless ad copy.

— Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026
His robust, under-appreciated score is composed with droning synthesizer undercurrents, old-fashioned action adventure fanfares, and intense rapid-fire tracks punctuated by brass exclamations and roaring percussion.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026

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Sources are buzzing that the movie directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Tom Holland will have extra footage that includes, but is not limited to, Rosario Dawson’s character Claire Temple.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of buzzing

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One, that it was made not just of ash and soot, but of metal, glass and concrete; and two, that soon this shrapnel would be whizzing by — and perhaps through — my head.

— Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
First and foremost is, roughly, that thou shalt not think about ordinary objects presently whizzing through ordinary space.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of whizzing

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By the 11th game of the third set, Keys was hitting herself in the head with her racket, taking her cap off and sighing deep breaths that were either meant to steady her or out of exasperation.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.

— James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

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