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murmur

[mur-mer] / ˈmɜr mər /




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But for hoteliers checking their booking systems, the buzz is more of a murmur.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Yet they swallowed it with hardly a murmur.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The first replay showed a murmur of a noise on the technology and Smith immediately started to walk from the field.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

My son and my husband each murmur happy greetings in response, assuming I was talking to them—and Thomas, ever the diplomat, says nothing to correct the record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

A new sound slowly emerged, the murmur of roiling foam.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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