After months of uncertainty, the people of the Gulf region can, potentially, breathe a sigh of relief, and global markets look set to be boosted by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
For many, though, the response to the announcement was a sigh of resignation.
Dreams of Violets was made in about two months for just $2,000—a figure that made one audience member audibly gasp.
—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Sunsets after the rain make everyone audibly gasp, the ivory linens are heavy and soft, and the soap is custom-made by the famed French perfumer Fragonard.
Those whispers turned into roars in the bottom of the fifth inning when PCA sent a screamer down the first-base line and cruised into second for a double.
—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Supportive leaders use that higher vantage point to warn, way find, and whisper.
The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
The crowd of supporters didn't cheer, exactly – rather, a murmur ran through the crowd.
—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
14 June 2026
The stadium, packed to the brim with more than 82,000 fans, reverberated with stunned murmurs as Morocco’s Ismael Saibari snuck behind a distracted Brazil defense and chipped home a beautiful goal over goalkeeper Alisson Becker’s head to open the scoring in the 22nd minute.
There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.
All were filled with Chenier’s murmuring accordion, the rustle of a washboard player and slinky grooves.
—
Kevin McKeough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
In a distant forest, the monument to his reckless
fretwork rustles in the treetops
and hums with beehives
like the watts in a worn, weary amp
burning, crackling for release.
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