generators

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Looking out over the green sludge covered in cleaning equipment, speaking over the hum of the generators and the vacuums and the pumps, Hier smiled.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2026

A humming from generators running along the water’s edge muted the usual buzz of tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Suresh was inspecting a fault in one of the ship's generators at the time, she said.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“But those generators onsite also carry with them local pollutants that are kind of borne by the community right by the data center as well.”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

The huge generators were in motion and from the L-tubes came the low-pitched whir that pervaded the entire station.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov