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Recent Examples of rumbled
Last year the Eagles rumbled to plus-12, the widest margin of the century to date.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Morton committed his second turnover of the day when edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei ripped the ball from the hands of the Red Raiders quarterback and rumbled down to the Texas Tech 6-yard line.
—Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
Winters jumped the spot route and rumbled 74 yards the other way for a game-sealing touchdown.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Mamadee Kamara recovered the loose ball, then rumbled 22 yards into the end zone for his first-ever high school touchdown.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Dowdle had just rumbled into the end zone for his second touchdown of what was shaping up to be a great day.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 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
Iowa rumbled down the field in eight plays, capped by a Gronowski 4-yard touchdown run.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 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
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Morton committed his second turnover of the day when edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei ripped the ball from the hands of the Red Raiders quarterback and rumbled down to the Texas Tech 6-yard line.
—Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
Winters jumped the spot route and rumbled 74 yards the other way for a game-sealing touchdown.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Mamadee Kamara recovered the loose ball, then rumbled 22 yards into the end zone for his first-ever high school touchdown.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Dowdle had just rumbled into the end zone for his second touchdown of what was shaping up to be a great day.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 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
Iowa rumbled down the field in eight plays, capped by a Gronowski 4-yard touchdown run.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 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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“Rumbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumbled. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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