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Recent Examples of rumble
Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
While the men’s World Cup is commanding the attention of many, the summer transfer window is rumbling in the background.
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Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
8 May 2026
Unlike at Shadden’s, the only mechanical purr is the brief rumble of a passing car.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Verb
Elijah Just rumbled toward the box and seemed to pinball around the Iranian defense.
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Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
While the men’s World Cup is commanding the attention of many, the summer transfer window is rumbling in the background.
—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Noun
The plant’s low rumble reverberated across the surrounding desert, unusually green from a recent rain.
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Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
8 May 2026
Unlike at Shadden’s, the only mechanical purr is the brief rumble of a passing car.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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Could the growling creature be responsible for the gouges by Zampanò’s dead body?
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The big question is whether people who pay hundreds of thousands of euros for growling gas-guzzlers will also shell out for electric versions.
Noun
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Not just any type of bus, but a marshrutka—a crowded, rumbling, claustrophobic Soviet holdover minibus, solidly built with steel girding and equally lacking in shock absorbers and seat padding.
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But in some of these older buildings, there could be low rumbling pipes [producing infrasound], and if somebody already has the expectation that something spooky might happen, the infrasound might drive that a bit.
Verb
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While diehards have grumbled about the two intervals, which enable media partners to air as many as 10 in-match commercials per game, the opportunity to squeeze some extra revenue out of the FIFA mandate has been too lucrative for Fox to pass up.
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Fans grumbled and became apathetic.
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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