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hum

verb as in buzz, vibrate

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The pain signals continue to hum in the background even when physical recovery seems complete.

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Even when the scoreboard hummed to life in the second half, it still didn’t look like an instant classic was in store.

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The shutdown is disrupting business as usual in many ways—and reinforcing just how many private-sector operations depend on a federal bureaucracy humming on all cylinders.

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At one such outdoor site this fall, rows of 8-foot-high white battery blocks emitted a constant high-pitched hum.

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The crowd hummed and swayed in agreement and cheered in recognition of the feelings that she captured.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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