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drummed



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For decades, the city thrummed thanks to the burgeoning tech industry and became a plush playground for its ever-increasing number of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

By the 1980s, much of downtown was moribund; buildings that once thrummed with commerce were dilapidated and vacant or underused.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Gaylen Hansen’s warm, wry humor — which has thrummed through his paintings for decades — comes across over the phone.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

His left hand thrummed guitarlike chords, chased bass lines into the mud, leaped through harmonies like a stride pianist’s would.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The whole chamber thrummed with energy, an echoing boom, boom, boom that reminded Hazel of a heartbeat.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan



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