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Verb
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The sector had been whispering earlier this year that Richemont was planning to offload Jaeger-LeCoultre.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026 -
Francis and Pierre start whispering behind closed doors to one another at night, plotting whether or not to flee for a neutral country.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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To test the concept, the team equipped Madagascar hissing cockroaches with a lightweight wearable backpack capable of collecting physiological and behavioral data.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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This might be as simple as a public argument – hissing whispers in an elevator.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Verb
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There are nearly two hundred people standing there, looking around and sighing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Everything at this Elmhurst flamepot is punched up, texture and flavor alike, from sighing-soft to tensile to snappy, and always hot-hot-hot.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Cool blue-white LEDs lined the room’s windows, while yellow heavy-duty power outlets hung from the ceiling over rows of desks where students will learn how to maintain the servers whirring behind them.—
Mirtha Donastorg,
AJC.com,
26 May 2026
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Expect the line blender to keep whirring as the series goes on.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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But many questions went unanswered, frustrating many murmuring and grumbling attendees.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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His father trailed him on the ice, murmuring.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
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There’s a small, warm body of evidence that some of the most therapeutic sounds on earth may already be napping on your couch, singing outside your window and humming in your backyard.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Linde is the kind of stock that does well when the economy is just OK and superb when the economy is humming.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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“Thrumming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrumming. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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