gurgled

past tense of gurgle
as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream the tiny stream gurgled down the rocky slope and joined the larger river at the bottom of the hill

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  • DeKalb County, where Mentone and the neighboring town of Fort Payne are located, is also home to a national preserve and two state parks, each of which provides ample opportunities to see impressive color splashed over sweeping mountain vistas.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • With bigger bucks being splashed around, 2022 marked the arrival of Four Seasons Nashville, the city’s first international five-star luxury brand.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • For those in charge of protecting the biosphere, keeping the beaches on the peninsula’s eastern side free of trash washed in from the sea is a constant struggle.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • With such enviable success, questions have bubbled over the years as to whether the Parasite outfit could be bought by a larger entity or a group of investors.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Lichtenberg thinks the atmosphere most likely bubbled up from the planet’s magma ocean.
    Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • Streams of sweat dripped from my wig down my back.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
  • To prevent the chicken fingers from getting gummy, make sure all excess batter has dripped off before transferring the chicken to the breadcrumbs.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • An unexpected result in Japan’s leadership contest over the weekend rippled through global financial markets with the dollar surging against the yen on Sunday.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2025
  • These small shifts rippled into the changes that my clients report as being transformative.
    Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • The Browns tried to move up the field with seven seconds left in the game, but Jamari Thrash failed to get out of bounds on the final play and the clock trickled down to triple zeroes.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, a lot of interest from her rabid fan base has trickled into the NFL stratosphere, which is something that Jones has noticed.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Gurgled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gurgled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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