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Recent Examples of rumble
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
The earbuds are particularly good at eliminating the noise from a plane engine, including most of the low-end rumble and high-end hiss.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
The bridge’s unusual double-decker design would later allow motor vehicles on the lower deck while trains rumbled across on the upper deck, the Pioneer Press reported.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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Verb
These detectors, part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) detection network, also pick up the rumble of a thunder or the ultrasonic booms generated by large pieces of space rocks or space debris disintegrating in Earth's atmosphere.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
The earbuds are particularly good at eliminating the noise from a plane engine, including most of the low-end rumble and high-end hiss.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Noun
At least nine tornadoes were reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin as thunderstorms rumbled to life Thursday afternoon.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
The bridge’s unusual double-decker design would later allow motor vehicles on the lower deck while trains rumbled across on the upper deck, the Pioneer Press reported.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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As country, hip-hop, rap, and acoustic folk rock collide at Summerfest 2025, one band's music style certainly sticks out: kawaii metal, a genre that blends death growl metal and pop sugar vocals.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
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How naive of me to expect that those in the public eye would at least pretend to possess tact, diplomacy, magnanimity and graciousness rather than bark and growl like an angry pit bull on a thick clanking chain.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Remember when there were rumblings that Bezos and Sanchez were to become man and wife in Aspen last December at Kevin Costner’s ranch?—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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Although there have been rumblings of a strong spring for the former Pro Bowler, there has been more buzz surrounding a future benching for Wilson, more than anything.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Liberal Democrats have been grumbling about Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont for more than a year regarding his opposition to tax hikes on Connecticut’s richest residents and blocking more wide-scale loosening of the state’s fiscal guardrails to allow more spending for progressive priorities.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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Sarah Stier / Getty Images Could Bailey grumble at first?—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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