hum

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Credit to team president Leon Rose, who built it, and Brown, who’s made it hum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Halfway up a 40-metre-high metal tower, the head of the refinery's technical division, Elise Thomazo, stops to explain the workings of the facility over the continuous hum of the machinery.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

For this friendly, the gentle hum of a few thousand conversations sounded more like the first morning of a Test match at Lord's.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Wall Street jitters about the Iran war spilled over Tuesday into a vital part of U.S. financial markets that typically hum along without a hitch.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

I remember Mutti would sometimes hum along with her songs when we were listening to them.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo