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churr

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verb

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churr
Noun
  • Schumann Resonance Time Acceleration Schumann resonances are natural, low-frequency electromagnetic hums that form in the cavity between Earth’s surface and the ionosphere (50-600 miles above the surface).
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The lobby bar, meanwhile, hums as the social engine of the property.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Washington delivers the dialogue with a thrilling range from purrs to roars, all imbued with an authoritative swagger.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Fluffy robot pets that purr for your attention or tell you a joke.
    Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • High in the hills near the Myanmar border, Ban Rak Thai greets the morning with the smell of oolong and the soft rustle of tea leaves.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • As Denver’s locker room echoes with the empty rustles of equipment staffers, Jahdae Barron lingers.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Davis remembers hearing the whispers of concern.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Well, the test screening whisper network has said glowing things about it so far.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There was a palpable buzz on Charlotte’s campus leading up to kickoff.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The rising star is generating serious buzz for his turn as a struggling family man who's a sanitation worker by day and robber of drug dealers by night in HBO’s new series Task, costarring Mark Ruffalo.
    Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Every evening, Hofstadter would leave his calculator whirring.
    Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Lohmann was an integral cog in an ever-whirring German feat of engineering that saw Bayern stride into a record-breaking 44 matches unbeaten between December 2021 and October 2024.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Initially Mila can be seen hissing at Fifi, just for being near her.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Churr.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churr. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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