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chirring

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present participle of chirr

as in whirring

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In a noisier space, such as a plane or near whirring machinery, switching on the ANC is all but essential.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
The computers are whirring, cameras aligned, the only thing left to do is wait.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 July 2026

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Some of Stamos other works have included portraits of Jamie Lee Curtis and his niece, paintings of humming birds, and his take on the Palace of Versailles.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Providing an energy lifeline to the rest of the world might have been a necessary step to keep its own economy humming.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

Definition of humming

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There was Katlin’s daughter, who had stolen my microphone and was now whispering something into it.

— Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Shein filed confidentially with the SEC in November 2023, with bankers whispering valuations as high as $90 billion, and profits that the Financial Times reported had doubled past $2 billion.

— Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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And in 2022, Japanese researchers turned a Madagascar hissing cockroach into a cyborg for search-and-rescue missions using a similar, though more sophisticated, approach.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

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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
The mics do a good job of cutting out droning background noise.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026

Definition of droning

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On a recent Friday evening, a photo shoot was underway in the marble staircase and the restaurant was buzzing softly with locals who’d come to try the creative tasting menus.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
But each of its eight-and-a-half minutes introduces a subtle mutation, rotating buzzing electronics and quivering guitars into the spotlight.

— Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of buzzing

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But these technical qualities only throw into relief the plastic, uncanny-valley feel of the characters whizzing about this latter-day Skull Island.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
But in May, the Psyche spacecraft caught an unusual glimpse of Mars while performing a maneuver to harness the planet's gravity and send it whizzing beyond the planet toward the main asteroid belt.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of whizzing

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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
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

Definition of sighing

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