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buzz

[buhz] / bʌz /


NOUN
a mild intoxication or high
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VERB
gossip
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Film magazine Variety said Malkovich was "drumming up awards buzz" and tipped him for a possible first best actor Oscar at the next awards ceremony.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

There’s plenty of buzz around both films ahead of their October releases, yet the richest man in the world is helping promote the “Musk” doc by incessantly posting about Gibney and his “hit” piece.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

In the past, films that generate big online buzz haven’t always translated to Oscar contenders.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

But despite drawing strong demand and a 460% surge on its first day of trading, the buzz quickly faded.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

A tall Black man with a buzz cut steps out.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

In “Trouble,” she buzzes with nervous energy, her dizzying delivery of Raphaelson’s smart dialogue creating the template for the screwball heroines soon to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 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

The entire room buzzes, the ghostly whispers of thousands of storytellers in the bookcases engulfing me.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

A police officer buzzed the gate of her home.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

My first reaction to the trailer for “Children of Blood and Bone,” Paramount’s lush adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling 2018 young adult novel, was that I buzzed with excitement.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

In the main square, Lebanese soldiers used heavy machinery to remove rubble as drones buzzed overhead.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Military jets buzzed crowds of awestruck parents and children.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

At that moment, the pager in his hand buzzed.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

On Sept. 1, with the math community buzzing about rumors that Anthropic had solved two Millennium Prize problems, OpenAI unleashed the model on all six open questions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Known for its buzzing commercial and entertainment district, the ward hosts nearly 10 percent of Japan's 42,000 short-term rentals.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

She said she was "buzzing" for the opportunity, adding that it meant a lot, as an unsigned artist, to be given this kind of platform.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Sure enough the piece did, as it was picked up by the financial press around the world and “Wall Street is buzzing about” it, as the New York Times put it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

It made her think of rot—of old garbage left out in the sun, buzzing with flies, crawling with rats.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis




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