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as in slug
a lazy person
those drones just lie around while we do all the work
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as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
after lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles
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as in hum
a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion
heard the drone of an airplane overhead
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as in to hum
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound
the sound of droning bees all around us
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as in to lazy
to spend time doing nothing
instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents
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Recent Examples of drone
David Axe, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
What the military assets are Among the specific equipment sent from the US to Ukraine are air defense systems, drones, rocket launchers, radars, tanks and anti-armor weapons.
—Rachel Wilson, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
In a clever twist unveiled when Walker insists on talking to Bernard in IT, it’s revealed that Mechanical workers practice a special form of sign language to communicate amid the droning machines and that Bernard was mistaken for taking the conversation between Walker and Knox at face value.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Drone surge More importantly, the Kremlin has pushed one of its best drone groups, the Rubicon Center of Advanced Unmanned Systems, into the Kursk fight—blunting Ukraine’s main advantage: its superior drones.
—David Axe, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
What the military assets are Among the specific equipment sent from the US to Ukraine are air defense systems, drones, rocket launchers, radars, tanks and anti-armor weapons.
—Rachel Wilson, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
The box droned noisily next to her bed; her cat examined it cautiously.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
In a clever twist unveiled when Walker insists on talking to Bernard in IT, it’s revealed that Mechanical workers practice a special form of sign language to communicate amid the droning machines and that Bernard was mistaken for taking the conversation between Walker and Knox at face value.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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There’s absolutely no reason constraints ought to hum.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada have sold each other electricity through power lines that criss-cross the border, an arrangement that has historically hummed along thanks to the warm relationship between the two countries.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Tigers support section in right field kept the Tokyo Dome buzzing every bottom half of the inning, with coordinated cheers erupting for each Hanshin batter, a vocal ferocity maintained through the entire at-bat.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Adam Henrique, Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson were buzzing around the net on a shift early in the third.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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In a photo shared on Instagram, the duo is seen smiling into the camera while lounging backstage.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the on-site restaurant, Shirley’s, the hotel also has a seasonal rooftop lounge with views of Old Petersburg.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2025
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On Cape Lookout, families can explore the area by UTV, zipping along sand roads and beaches to visit the famous Cape Lookout Lighthouse and its historic district.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Also, after a nine-year journey, the probe passed its second major science target, zipping by the KBO Arrokoth in 2019, the most distant object ever inspected up close.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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This bill will chill legitimate political speech while exposing citizens to health risks as well as risks of doxxing, harassment and violence.—
Nikki Morse,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2025
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Policy uncertainty from the federal government would likely chill investor willingness to provide capital for American companies to continue their innovative work.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Making the choice to be social is especially difficult at the end of an exhausting day when your impulse may be to veg out on the couch.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Plus: What better way for locals to veg out during a stressful election season than with some grade-A on-screen drama?—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
19 Sep. 2024
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Used cars will go up big and auto plants will be idled like mad.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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Their boat was found idling in circles, sparking a massive search.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Journey fans were bummed when their favorite band had to hot-foot it off the stage on Friday (March 14) just five songs into their set at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Stadium.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
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Yoshi’s bummed about being denied a puppy by her parents, tempers her anger and fills the void with a scavenger hunt in her backyard that turns up a lizard (Laggie) and a cricket (Grillo).—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Drone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drone. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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