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Recent Examples of rumbling
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
The rumbling of a hidden ocean, along a rugged coastline covered by mist.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Wafting odors of 100-octane gasoline and rumbling purrs of V8 engines punched through the overcast morning at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday as the Velocity Invitational car meet entered its second day.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2026
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Noun
Any second, surely, Dad’s tan Mercedes would glide into view and start its rumbling, lumbering ascent up the gravel drive.
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Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
The rumbling of a hidden ocean, along a rugged coastline covered by mist.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
Humming cooling systems, rumbling diesel generators and whirring fans can be heard continuously hundreds of feet around them, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, prompting reports from residents of headaches, vertigo, nausea, sleep disturbances, ear pain and hypertension.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Wafting odors of 100-octane gasoline and rumbling purrs of V8 engines punched through the overcast morning at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday as the Velocity Invitational car meet entered its second day.
—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumbling
Noun
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Theories, speculation and whispers were hard to ignore, but even harder to prove.
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The whispers about the 41-year-old turned louder.
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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Plus, the medium wash is timeless with subtle fading along the front thigh and whispering at the hips.
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Now others are watching, whispering, and waiting for drama to unfold.
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Lately, those intimations have hit closer to home.
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There is the visual memory of the shelves of books, but also an intimation of the weight, the heft of all the words in them.
Noun
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Just One is a cooperative word game where duplicate hints get eliminated.
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These flavors follow through on the palate with additional elements of savory sandstone, pomegranate, and a hint of salinity.
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But residents who live near hyperscale centers have expressed outrage over a range of issues, including health impacts, spiking utility bills, constant noise, dropping water pressure and concerns about potentially losing their land through eminent domain.
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Some carried placards and others banged plates, their noise cutting through the crowd protesting and demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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NewsGuard has published study after study showing that popular chatbots are prone to sharing false claims and are vulnerable to propaganda campaigns.
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The Constitution Protection Bureau report argues that Russia is trying to turn propaganda into legal and political action.
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“Rumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumbling. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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