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Depending on the size of the site, you may also hear the thrum of transformers in substations channelling electricity.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Critics fear deep-sea mining will cause irreversible damage, smothering marine life in plumes of waste and disrupting oceanic migrations with the thrum of heavy machinery.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Geopolitical gyrations, volatile short-term economic data and the incessant thrum of prediction markets all contribute to the cacophony,” to the point that many investors feel compelled to stick to the AI trade, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

With songs like “Paint by Numbers,” he pauses the album’s disco thrum to enjoy the simple pleasures of, well, living.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

Sarai experienced a thrum of fear at the thought of falling asleep.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But underneath the pomp and circumstance thrummed a question: Could Garber land a megadonor he had been courting for roughly two years?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Their shantytown, nestled in the middle-class neighbourhood of Jodhpur Park, thrummed with life.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024

By the 1980s, much of downtown was moribund; buildings that once thrummed with commerce were dilapidated and vacant or underused.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Gaylen Hansen’s warm, wry humor — which has thrummed through his paintings for decades — comes across over the phone.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

The crossbow thrummed, Lord Tywin sat back down, and Tyrion Lannister found himself waddling through the darkness with Varys at his side.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Still, walk into the gallery thrumming with one of his reggae-inflected tracks, and the correspondence becomes difficult to deny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Instead, the wows come from good stagings of ordinary action: a car crash, a gripped crucifix, a hideout crowded with jostling, thrumming musical instruments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The writer drew on his own youth in this story thrumming with music, memory and the chaos of the holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

But the sense of squandered opportunity is only heightened when you get to Don't Look Down - which marries a Bansuri flute motif to a thrumming trance beat.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

He set his fingertip upon my thrumming pulse, and I knew he must feel the same blood that roared in my ears.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros