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Throughout the week, Federal Reserve officials have said that tamping down inflation is the central bank’s priority as the labor market continues to hum and parts of the economy show growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The crew of the MV Mercer Street, an oil products carrier sailing off Oman’s coast, heard a loud hum followed by an explosion in the waters behind them early on July 29, 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

The chaos of the past few minutes is replaced by an eerie hum.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

She hums “It’s a Hard-Knock Life” when she’s stressed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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 puts the spoon in Frederick’s mouth and he hums as he swallows: he is happy.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

Her phone was kept on silent; electro-beats hummed in the background; digestive biscuits were devoured.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

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

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025

Dr. van Heerden fed it a kind of smelly liquid, and it hummed away as it made the lights shine and the stove hot.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

Around the corner, a humming high-tech machine presses glass into lenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

It smelt of hunter and prey and Fast Wet and tree, all chewed up together, and from it came a high, thin humming: so high that Wolf could only just catch it.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver