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whished

verb

past tense of whish

as in hummed

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head

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as in hissed

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the match whished as it burst into flame

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As the tattoo machine hummed across her leg, Savanna Georges watched another chapter of her faith take shape in ink.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
The town's only hospital hummed with ambulances, burial teams and a steady stream of patients.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026

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In the now-notorious moment, Rock, 61, made a joke directed at Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s buzzed haircut.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
That same day, 260 miles west, the mayor of another Saskatchewan town was sitting on the end of a fishing dock when his phone buzzed with a text message.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of buzzed

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For three consecutive evenings, just before dark, this bird zipped to the dining table, gobbled down a quick meal, then hurried back to its roost.

— Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Voyager 1 zipped past Jupiter in 1979 and, in 1980, flew by Saturn and its largest moon, Titan.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of zipped

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Deep in the cornfields of northeast Iowa, a cacophony of voices loudly whispered to build a permanent baseball stadium.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
At the end of the third set, Gareth whispered into Marcy’s ear across the table, and her face took on a look of revulsion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

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