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Recent Examples of rumbling
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
In daytime, the rumbling of the steppe is subsumed by bright, relentless light.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps he is known less by image and more as a disembodied voice, glitching his way across vintage Kanye tracks and rumbling words of self-pity opposite Taylor Swift.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The rumbling of a hidden ocean, along a rugged coastline covered by mist.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
In daytime, the rumbling of the steppe is subsumed by bright, relentless light.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
Then, a loud, rumbling sound echoed through the area as a rockslide occurred.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps he is known less by image and more as a disembodied voice, glitching his way across vintage Kanye tracks and rumbling words of self-pity opposite Taylor Swift.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumbling
Noun
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Of course, this being DC and the WHCD, there are always whispers and smoke.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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In Islamabad, the almost indecipherable whisper of leaks has turned to crickets.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Gutty, gritty, growling, great, great win.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Suddenly all of those wolves appeared to pile on one wolf, and the growling and yipping carried for miles in the still, cold air.—
Frank Glaser,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Spasmodic dysphonia generally only impacts the speaking voice, meaning other vocalizations like singing, laughing and whispering are generally unaffected.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Their evident fondness for one another, glowing warmly alongside all their sniping and whispering and eye-rolling, allows all the nightmares in Big Mistakes to feel like a lark rather than an incipient calamity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 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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This desire to find connection in loss hints that death can often be more tangible to process than estrangement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The first hint of celebrity Once America became an independent nation, its hatred for the crown turned into intrigue.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Unions have aggressively answered complaints about data centers in ways that executives at tech giants and the development firms rarely do, unafraid to bluntly confront concerns about energy and water shortages, rising electric and water bills, or noise and quality-of-life objections.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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The developer doesn’t expect the facility to create noise, odor or light pollution that would bother neighbors.—
Sofi Zeman
May 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Today, the same tools are being used by state actors for geopolitical propaganda.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Fascist propaganda, whether in films, posters, or mass rallies, was the creation of a fantasyland in which the masses could get lost.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Rumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumbling. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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