humming

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David Ellison has promised to keep HBO entact and the Paramount and Warner Bros. movie studios humming.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Inside a small lab tucked away in the National Botanical Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire, humming freezers full of labelled silver packets are the last line of defence to save wild species from extinction.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

But John San Marco, senior research analyst at Neuberger Berman, thinks consumers have “enough in the tank” to power through and keep the economy humming.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Even amid cataclysmic energy shocks and relentless spates of white-collar layoffs, the American economic engine appears to be humming along smoothly.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Except for the sound of Mama humming and the clinking of dishes as she washed them in the sink, the house was quiet.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson