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Recent Examples of rumble
Joe Marusak
may 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
Trainor’s family and friends had followed the 30-year-old officer’s casket in a motorcade that rumbled through Federal Street, up to the church’s front doors.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 13 May 2026
Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 May 2026
And here in Florida, that verdict arrives every day — in the rumble of moving trucks, in the new neighbors from up north, and in the quiet realization that the people paying the bills were never nearly as trapped as the politicians imagined.
—Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Heavy equipment rumbled away on what is now red clay, no longer road asphalt, at the site Tuesday.
—Joe Marusak
may 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
Trainor’s family and friends had followed the 30-year-old officer’s casket in a motorcade that rumbled through Federal Street, up to the church’s front doors.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 13 May 2026
Noun
Certain boxes can resemble a royal rumble, to be fair.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 May 2026
And here in Florida, that verdict arrives every day — in the rumble of moving trucks, in the new neighbors from up north, and in the quiet realization that the people paying the bills were never nearly as trapped as the politicians imagined.
—Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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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.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Jack White, who growled and grinded as the singer/guitarist of the White Stripes and has since positioned himself as a primal rock god on his own, is showing a new side as a sculptor with a show opening in a London gallery run by none other than Damien Hirst.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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.—
Irene Zabytko
May 7,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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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.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Hippos grunt and grumble in the shallows, crocodiles sunbathe on sandbanks, elephants appear along the banks, while fish eagles call overhead as sunset approaches.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Fan and player discontent (as suggested by so many squad members apparently endorsing Salah’s recent social-media post grumbling about the team’s style of play), coupled with a failure to achieve the bare-minimum requirement this season, would surely make Slot’s position untenable.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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