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murmur

[mur-mer] / ˈmɜr mər /




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“It never dawned on me that four years later I’d be like, the murmur is bigger than it ever was,” Glannan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It leans more mushroom than tomato, so the whole thing carries a low, woodsy murmur.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

In 2018, during another hospital visit, doctors detected a heart murmur.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

The first replay showed a murmur of a noise on the technology and Smith immediately started to walk from the field.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Polyneices could murmur a few words: “My brother, my enemy, but loved, always loved. Bury me in my homeland—to have so much at least of my city.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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