murmur
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During his next outpatient appointment on the morning of 19 November, medical staff noticed Archie was "very pale" and he had developed a heart murmur.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
“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
Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
The tennis failed to captivate as the seats on Arthur Ashe Stadium started to fill out, with a constant murmur of chatter acting as a soundtrack to the action.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
But, at other times, vast, well-constructed, apparently robust intellectual edifices are swept away with barely a murmur because, to paraphrase Vadianus, experience really can be demonstrative.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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