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Recent Examples of rumbling
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
But residents recounted the quake rattling them awake, evoking descriptions of a significant jolt and rumbling.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Daniel Brown, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
With the threat of the extreme right rumbling across its six seasons, Knight finally brings the Peaky Blinders’ ultimate nemesis — the Nazis — within a hand grenade’s distance.
—Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
But residents recounted the quake rattling them awake, evoking descriptions of a significant jolt and rumbling.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
Two days later, a manager dormant since 2023 was rumbling again.
—Daniel Brown, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
With the threat of the extreme right rumbling across its six seasons, Knight finally brings the Peaky Blinders’ ultimate nemesis — the Nazis — within a hand grenade’s distance.
—Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumbling
Noun
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His presentation showed these daytime levels to be roughly equivalent to a quiet rural area, while nighttime levels would be at the sound level of a whisper or rustling leaves.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Charm Car Fresheners offer a whisper of delightful fragrance and a dash of happy style.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But the innocent visit turns ugly when Alice keeps growling at a wall.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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Then, while there was still enough light to see them plainly, the two came stalking out of the brush, growling and muttering.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Don’t bother whispering, though; the rule applies only to the trains.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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The whispering earring is a little topaz gem that speaks to you.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But across the entire novel, there are intimations of other ways to be, of other possibilities for the narrator.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Sure, there’s the intimation of a world gone to pieces, whether from a quantum apocalypse or an ecological catastrophe; there’s the presentation of a modern self, stripped of its qualities and evacuated of purpose.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And further out in the disk, the astronomers have spotted a third, smaller break in the material—a tantalizing hint that matter there may have already collapsed into a planet closer to Saturn’s size.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Following this discovery, astronomers found hints of an additional object closer to WISPIT 2, confirming this to be a planet using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the VLT Interferometer (VLTI).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Tens of thousands of people are flocking to Bayfront Park for the Ultra Music Festival, an annual electronic music event that has once again brought both excitement and concerns over noise and safety to downtown Miami.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Prior work has explored ultrasound sensing mainly on ground robots, but applying it to aerial robots has been difficult due to propeller noise and weak signals.—
Nitin Sanket,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Stereotypes about Arab men are easy to list thanks to decades of pop-culture propaganda that has othered them to the West and Middle Eastern films that often reflect more traditional views of masculinity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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The group, whose name translates to The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous, has published propaganda videos showing attacks against mostly Jewish institutions since early March.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Rumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumbling. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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