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Recent Examples of rumble
Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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Verb
With his long, bushy beard, hair down to his shoulders, and a voice that can rumble walls, there’s really no mistaking Jamey Johnson.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
The first video work in the series, Ready Mix, 2021, follows the strangely hypnotic rumble of cement production at an Idaho mixing plant, from sand to finished block.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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In an hour’s span, three trucks leaving the construction site silenced the conversation, growling loudly down Rockland Drive.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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Season 2 is set in 1962, within a decade marked by the Cuban Missile Crisis, post-World War II sentiments, the Civil Rights Movement, and the rumblings of the Cold War.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
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Survivors only noticed a distant rumbling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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McConnell grumbled about the government choosing to provide partial benefits, which requires states to reprogram their systems ‒ a process that could take days or weeks depending on the state.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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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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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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