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Recent Examples of rumble
Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.
—Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Her camera is alive, quirky, colorful, ready for a rumble or a rhumba.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Across the Houston area, residents described hearing a low, rumbling sound that many compared to thunder, even though the skies were clear, according to CBS affiliate KHOU.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.
—Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
Artificial lighting remains on 24 hours a day, while silence is nearly absolute — broken only occasionally by the distant rumble of passing subway trains.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Her camera is alive, quirky, colorful, ready for a rumble or a rhumba.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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Patients may growl or hiss at you.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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But the innocent visit turns ugly when Alice keeps growling at a wall.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Despite being far from the strikes in and around their villages in southern Lebanon, they were reminded of the war by the deep rumbling of Israeli jets and the sounds of deadly airstrikes over Beirut’s southern suburbs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Any second, surely, Dad’s tan Mercedes would glide into view and start its rumbling, lumbering ascent up the gravel drive.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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King asked James, who had been grumbling.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The proud bronze lions outside the Art Institute are getting very annoyed and starting to grumble.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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