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buzz

[buhz] / bʌz /


NOUN
a mild intoxication or high
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VERB
gossip
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"Zlatan told me, never cut your hair, because your strength is in your hair. I'm a bit nervous. I want a buzz cut, like in the military."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

A steady buzz is growing around China as advanced robotics emerges as the next frontier of the global AI boom, encompassing both investor enthusiasm and alarm from rivals such as the United States.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

That’s because he’s been has been getting a lot of buzz for strong performances in training camp.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

With her motorcycle, leather jacket and buzz cut, Judith looks, Katy observes, “more like a jacked, angry Sinéad O’Connor than a detective.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Now a hundred questions buzz around in my head.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

His watch buzzes every 10 minutes with another agent request.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Beneath him, the wine warehouse buzzes with activity.

From BBC May 18, 2026

A Riyadh development called Diriyah buzzes with activity around a hub of restaurants set next to a historic ruin, with a Trump-branded hotel planned nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 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

We’re uploading it to YouTube when Sonny’s phone buzzes.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

I had just begun to lilt toward sleep when my phone buzzed.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

A police officer buzzed the gate of her home.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

In the main square, Lebanese soldiers used heavy machinery to remove rubble as drones buzzed overhead.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Dozens of phones buzzed across the globe last December.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Her mind buzzed with thoughts of her sister and Benny and eighth grade dances and long pale-pink dresses and corsages.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Valgeir Gestsson runs the music section at a public library near Reykjavík’s buzzing city center, where English-speaking tourists relax in restaurants and coffee shops.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Sure enough the piece did, as it was picked up by the financial press around the world and “Wall Street is buzzing about” it, as the New York Times put it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

By the time they made it to “Can I Call You Tonight,” the crowd was buzzing, matching the accumulated energy of free-spirit Struble.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

He left in 1992 for Shenzhen, the buzzing heart of China's reform and opening-up experiment in the 1990s.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

It seemed the whole village was there, chattering and buzzing, as excited as the pixies inside.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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