Inside, fans are whirring and a woman behind the cash register speaks on the phone in Korean.
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Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The production design closely resembled that of his recent Rolling Loud set and his in-progress Don’t Be Dumb tour, including a helicopter hanging from the top of the stage (its whirring blades could be heard between songs).
The stock market gains that have helped keep the economy humming have exacerbated the yawning wealth gap.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
Brynjolfsson is teaching overflow classes about AI and technological progress, as well as running a humming lab tracking AI’s effect on workers, firms, and human welfare.
The sound of tattoo machines droning at different pitches filled the air at the fifth annual Capitol City Classic tattoo convention, on Saturday afternoon, the second day of its three-day run.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
Instead, there’s a surplus of annoying, droning noise.
Vic makes some baffling choices here, buzzing in twice on the first word in the series without hearing the rest, and getting eliminated from multiple rounds five seconds in.
—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
30 June 2026
Between record-setting parades, military flyovers, and fireworks on the National Mall, the district will be buzzing on Independence Day.
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Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2026
Seasonal sprites flit and flutter, providing transitional scenes, hinting at mystical elements whizzing all around within this otherwise very human plot.
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Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
Passenger vehicles are whizzing by, some even cutting off the truck.
The internet may be full of people who want to outlaw leaf blowers, but misophonic triggers tend to share a bodily quality, an aurally traceable culprit such as a person crunching or sighing.
—
Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Also, remember that the avatar is reading your body language, eye contact, any kind of sighing or moaning.
—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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