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buzz

[buhz] / bʌz /


NOUN
a mild intoxication or high
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VERB
gossip
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Refiners aren’t creating quite the same investor buzz as the red-hot memory trade, but keep an eye on their margins.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

It’s also planning a full-day creator event in Brooklyn and hosting a hands-on crafting experience at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York to stoke media buzz.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The buzz: Unbeaten Argentina needed three goals in 13 minutes to stay that way, barely escaping its round-of-16 game with Egypt on Enzo Fernández’s goal in stoppage time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The buzz: France, bidding to make its third consecutive World Cup final, needed a penalty kick from Kylian Mbappé to dispatch stubborn Paraguay, a third-place team, in the round of 16.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Pong heard the clink of an orb switching on, followed by its distinctive buzz.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Beneath him, the wine warehouse buzzes with activity.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Those honks and buzzes outside of Rosenkrantz’s apartment also needed to match the time of day depicted in the film.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

Thirty minutes until curtain, that darkness buzzes with precise, hive-like activity.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2025

ET – with Queens local and President Donald Trump set to enter this haven of Hamptons tans and Honey Deuce buzzes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2025

My phone buzzes with a text, and then another, and another.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Dozens of phones buzzed across the globe last December.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Military jets buzzed crowds of awestruck parents and children.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Scot Turner’s broker, who’s long ignored his calls, buzzed him recently with a great opportunity—a previously closed private-equity fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Volunteers handed out bottles of water, parasols and food packages to the tens of thousands of pilgrims as they made their way toward Mount Arafat, as helicopters buzzed overhead regularly.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

But it was a phone, so it just buzzed again when they texted back, like it didn’t even care what I was going through right now.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Shares of the Chinese autonomous driving company, which raised $751 million in its initial public offering, saw a tepid start in a market buzzing with new listings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

"It will be a buzzing hive of royal activity in every other way".

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The device will completely block the ear canal and cause a low buzzing noise that makes drifting off hard.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

"We were buzzing at that point," said his dad.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

It was pretty quiet except for a sudden burst of canned laughter from the neighbor’s TV and the occasional buzzing from an annoying mosquito.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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