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Recent Examples of rumble
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
At night, the fire crackled while insects filled the air and a distant lion let out a low, steady rumble.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Lloyd picked off a Patrick Mahomes pass and rumbled the other way for a touchdown that may have been the biggest difference in the contest that had featured multiple game-changing plays.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Subways send a low rumble through the pavement, traffic makes overpasses quiver, and footsteps create faint ripples in the floor.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
At night, the fire crackled while insects filled the air and a distant lion let out a low, steady rumble.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
Slivers of ice were beginning to form along the waterline of our boat, which was tied up just above the rapids that rumble down into Boot Lake.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Lloyd picked off a Patrick Mahomes pass and rumbled the other way for a touchdown that may have been the biggest difference in the contest that had featured multiple game-changing plays.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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Instead of another room with a priest and young woman growling on the bed, the exorcisms in The Wailing are accompanied by chanting crowds, firepits, and drums beating as a great spectacle is made of the ritual.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Two weeks ago, the president’s social-media growling about higher China tariffs exposed a node of complacency among investors, who as a group had turned their focus away from the trade-policy flux.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Survivors only noticed a distant rumbling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Speaking of redistricting, there are also rumblings about billionaire Tom Steyer, 68, who has dropped several million dollars into ads supporting Proposition 50, the pro-redistricting measure before California voters.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The clip shows Lucie rushing into the sitting room, grumbling and growling loudly, and pointing into the kitchen.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Employees grumble over who gets to park where and how offices were allocated (or who got an office with walls in the first place), exposing deep resentments about favoritism, status, and fairness.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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