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Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

In Boland's following over, England fell apart in a whir of loose drives.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

The capital greets us not with wild crowds, but with shadowed buildings and the whir of taxis along San Jerónimo Street.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

Overhead, the whir of drones is constant—as many as 10 Russian craft for every Ukrainian one, according to Ukrainian troops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

He was bemoaning the shortage of Celestial bronze when Festus began to whir and squeak.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Machinery whirs loudly as a rare-earth mixture is bathed in hydrochloric acid and gradually separated into pure oxides that can be shipped to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The plane’s propeller whirs, and Snoopy’s head swings around, up and down, scanning for any sign of his German foe.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023

Sixteen men sit side by side on the cement floor, damp is seeping through the walls, a single fan whirs behind the cell bars, and there is one toilet behind a low wall.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023

The laser cutter to his right whirs to life, slicing the blossom design on slivers of plywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

Above us the fan whirs softly, coaxing warm air around the room.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

As the machine whirred to life, the film strip moved from a large platter through a system of rollers, pulled sideways across the front of the lens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The robotic hip motors whirred and a mechanical force tugged at my quads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Pasta sauces found richness from cannellini beans or chickpeas, whirred until smooth.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

Tens of thousands of pounds were donated to help relatives, mountains of flowers and teddy bears were laid in tribute and community groups whirred into action to provide support for those on the ground.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2023

The little sea water pump whirred softly and the needles of driven water hissed into the tanks forcing lines of bubbles under the surface.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Rising equity prices have also kept the spending machine whirring when it comes to artificial-intelligence hyperscalers’ capital investments.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

We watched him operate a vintage letterpress, the mechanisms whirring and clanking like a steam engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

When you cross into Loudon County, Virginia, one of the first things you notice is the hum - that's the sound of 199 data centres whirring in the background.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

Kingshaw did not know which were worse, moths alive, with their whirring, pattering wings, or these moths, flattened and pinned and dead.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill