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buzz

[buhz] / bʌz /


NOUN
a mild intoxication or high
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VERB
gossip
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"You Can See Everything," the documentary about jailed biotech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes that is generating major Oscars buzz, prevailed in a slow weekend at the Halloween box office in North America, industry estimates showed Sunday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

None of these options provides a particularly strong foundation for a movie, and “The Mosquito Bowl” offers more buzz than bite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“You Can See Everything” has generated plenty of awards buzz — but one prize it cannot win is the DGA Award for feature film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

While standard drones use spinning propellers that slice through open air, creating that high-pitched buzz, Greenjets encloses spinning blades inside a pod, to muffle the sound and direct the noise away from the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Their lights were still on, and she couldn't make out their words over the buzz of the orb lights until she was just outside the doorway.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Many speak Russian, but also maintain their own native languages and traditions — dishing out their best gossip in the saunas while a Lakers game buzzes in the background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

At Temple Street Night Market, steam rises, neon buzzes, just like the guidebooks promised.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

A Riyadh development called Diriyah buzzes with activity around a hub of restaurants set next to a historic ruin, with a Trump-branded hotel planned nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Back in Seoul, the market buzzes with tourists, and business is booming for Lee.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Until my phone buzzes in the back pocket of my jeans.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

One evening in early August, farmer Daniel Sizer's phone buzzed with a message.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Every morning, my watch buzzed at 6 a.m., and I’d step outside into the soft dark, find the first arrow and start walking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

I had just begun to lilt toward sleep when my phone buzzed.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

I logged off, but before I’d even powered down my console, a message buzzed on my phone.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Gathered on the rooftop of “Wicker” distribution company Black Bear’s Santa Monica office, the two speak in matching leveled and frank tones, seemingly oblivious to the traffic and sirens buzzing below us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

But I remember the questions, and the rhythm of her phone buzzing on the table.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Those who stayed, most of them elderly, got used to cooking over open fires in their courtyards and the sound of drones buzzing overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

CHICAGO—Happy hour at Chicago’s Bar Roma was buzzing this past week as locals poured in for $10 cocktails and $11 bruschetta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I pause on the porch, allowing the heat to soak into my skin, but a handful of pesky mosquitos start buzzing around me.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller


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