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Then it was my turn to rediscover what the hum of an open line sounds like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Everyone can play along, whether by singing or simply riding the hum.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

An hour after the final whistle, the only sound heard at Ibrox was the hum of three lawnmowers gliding over the turf.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Drexl, two PhD research fellows and a postdoc studied 28 people in Germany who reported hearing an unexplained hum or buzz.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Someone in the crowd begins to hum a hymn I don’t know.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

It sometimes seems that she’s a screen-generated hallucination, someone living inside of a machine that hums inside of another machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Even on an early Tuesday afternoon in July, the brightly lit, bustling space hums with high energy as a lunchtime crowd of New Yorkers tightly navigates the narrow aisles with oversized canvas bags.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Mr. Crytzer’s narrative hums along with the National Road’s traffic as he colorfully describes Pony Express riders, stagecoaches, Conestoga wagons and many thousands of migrants wending ever westward, feeding the nation’s economic and territorial growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

As he watches dishes cook, he hums along in Persian to the music playing in his restaurant.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

She hums with gospel songs on the radio and says, “Give me strength, Lord. Give me strength.”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Millions of Mexican Americans like myself have stumbled through the himno nacional during this World Cup, whereas in previous years, we might have just hummed some bars or stayed silent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Upon their arrival at the court, the man, identified by authorities as Marc B., had twice shouted "I love you" in French, while the boy’s mother, identified as Marine R., hummed a melody.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The fountain hummed beside him while students streamed past the gate—laughing, scrolling, carrying coffee, stubbornly keeping going.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025

The orbs hanging off the trees barely hummed, and the music played softly.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The great migration of the Bogong moth was once a yearly feature of the Australian spring, the insects humming down the nation's east coast in their billions as they searched for cooler climes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The prospect of losing deposits sitting in checking and savings is especially troubling for banks, which rely on those funds to make loans that help keep the economy humming, pocketing the extra interest they make.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

When the waiting becomes almost too much, Deborah starts humming a few bars of a familiar song.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Better still, have them sing the solfege for the different lines instead of the words or humming.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin