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chirring

verb

present participle of chirr

as in whirring

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Before the meeting started, an attendee asked a DEC employee by the sign-in table about the large industrial fans built into the gym’s walls, which were whirring noisily.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of whirring

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Testosterone replacement therapy prescriptions are climbing fast, and the men on them are no longer whispering about it.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Social media companies are hesitant to allow promotion on their platforms, and Hollywood is whispering that the tech mogul’s power might keep the public from opportunities to see the film.

— Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

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In the first week of the COVID shutdown, Holmes packed her two hissing black cats, donned an N95 mask and flew to LAX.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
This step is what brought us here, to Ponysaurus, filling out the online notice to the tune of a hissing compressor that kept clean air moving through the brewing system.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026

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And what about Stephen, a man better known for his droning demagoguery than his warmth?

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
Rustling and droning tape effects from Frye, subtle enough to be nearly subliminal but still somehow palpably present, act as a binding agent on every track, blurring tones and connecting rhythms.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

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It was purchased by husband-and-wife duo Kelly and Bryan Binder during the pandemic, and reopened in 2024 as the current nine-bedroom buzzing boutique hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
The Packers are simply buzzing now, which includes their defense continuing to take the ball away.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 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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