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whished

verb

past tense of whish

as in hummed

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head

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as in hissed

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the match whished as it burst into flame

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Experiments were running, discoveries being made, and conferences hummed with new ideas.

— Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Eye Patch rocked on the balls of his feet and hummed.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of hummed

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Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

Definition of hissed

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Astrophotographer Efrain Morales captured spectacular footage of China's Tiangong space station as its silhouette buzzed Tycho Crater during a lunar transit on May 29, one night before May's Blue Moon.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 June 2026
The crowd at the party buzzed around one of that show’s key players, Lindsay Hubbard, who was in attendance.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2026

Definition of buzzed

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When fully zipped, the stand-up collar offers extra protection at the front of the neck while the hood shields the scalp and ears.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
This secure style can be zipped inside a travel tote or crossbody bag and has enough slots and space to hold credit cards, an ID, and cash or coins—both of which are useful in Europe, especially at cafes where there may be a minimum spend to use a credit card or Apple Pay.

— Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026

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Recalling a former boss who whispered intimate good-byes to his appliances when his restaurant closed, Luca says that the head chef didn’t receive similar farewells from his employees.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
The toys clanked, the players held their breath and onlookers whispered strategies on the sidelines – until a winner was crowned.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

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