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buzz

[buhz] / bʌz /


NOUN
a mild intoxication or high
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VERB
gossip
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While standard drones use spinning propellers that slice through open air, creating that high-pitched buzz, Greenjets encloses spinning blades inside a pod, to muffle the sound and direct the noise away from the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Shahin said this comes up most with meme stocks, where the buzz can run far ahead of the business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

"It was a war that ultimately involved everyone, and everyone was affected," said Guitarricadelafuente, who has generated Oscars buzz for his performance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

And what an atmosphere we receive here, excited by the warmth and energy of the images — that camera team was busy — and the buzz of joyful disagreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

There’s a boy with a buzz cut and light brown skin—I think his name is Robbie—and another white girl who has shiny stuff on her lips and always sits next to Havana.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Many speak Russian, but also maintain their own native languages and traditions — dishing out their best gossip in the saunas while a Lakers game buzzes in the background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Beneath him, the wine warehouse buzzes with activity.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

At night, Mandarin Plaza buzzes with conversation from the tea shop in the center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

The front bar invariably buzzes with locals looking for an after-work bite, hunters and hikers emerging from the Cumberland Plateau and even city folk who make the 1½-hour drive in search of connection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

My phone buzzes with a message from Isabella.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

The crowd at Crypto.com Arena buzzed in anticipation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine—As six Ukrainian drones buzzed toward a Russian army warehouse in occupied eastern Ukraine on Monday, the pilots found their connections disrupted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

They buzzed, they blinked, and when the wait was over, we took them back.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

A jolt ran through her, and her senses buzzed, like she was standing against the auditorium speakers.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Its tight curves and angled seams recall aeronautic skins, giving the surface a sense of buzzing movement — an appropriate preview for what’s inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But I remember the questions, and the rhythm of her phone buzzing on the table.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

For years, the cacophony of beeping and buzzing has been not only annoying—preventing patients from getting much needed rest—but potentially hazardous as overwhelmed healthcare professionals tune them out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Amazon once filed a patent application for “hi-tech buzzing wristbands,” as one headline put it, “that bosses can use to track workers and order them around.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

My outrage had already reached my ears, and all I could hear was the buzzing of my own bees.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri


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