burble
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Even when he was trying to sound upbeat, the river of resentment would burble up in his mannerisms and his peevish voice.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
Much of the stream called Little Brook flows below the pavement in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood, emerging for just a moment to burble through a small park shadowed by apartment buildings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
It’s an upbeat soul-gospel shuffle, filled with little flashes of exuberance from a frisky studio band: a quick bass run, an organ burble, a slide-guitar swoop, a ripple of honky-tonk piano.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
Manicured lawns surround rollicking waters that burble under footbridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2019
And then Ms. Rochambeau’s words burble up from inside me against my will.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
Birds sing and the Lukaya River burbles along the valley floor.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
One line of evidence came from isotope measurements of helium that burbles up in Tibetan springs.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
The creek, a tributary to the wild Chinook-bearing Chehalis River, burbles beneath the ridge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Leslie Run burbles along the bottom of the hill where the Murphys live.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
A glorious racket came from the branches—tweedling notes, peeps, burbles, high sharp calls.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
A stone fountain burbled softly in his Japanese-inspired peace garden.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
After Justice Arthur Engoron handed down that hefty penalty in the fraud case, Eric Trump burbled some nonsense about how his dad had created the skyline of the city.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024
Alabama and Texas A&M illustrated one of the byproducts that have burbled up out of college football’s ever-shifting ecosystem.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022
Past the park’s entry gate, the Mad King Ludwig spires of the Enchanted Storybook Castle soared in the distance, and speakers burbled music from “The Nutcracker.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2017
All the nervousness she'd been feeling about skipping to fourth grade suddenly burbled up inside her.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
Ditto a reversal by NASA, whose then-leader enjoyed burbling in public about aliens but was soon assembling an expert panel to debunk such careless if crowd-pleasing talk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The two were sharing a bench in Scottsdale’s pueblo-inspired civic plaza, a nearby fountain burbling in the 80-degree sunshine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Meghan is a wealthy American woman living a royal dream, if you ignore the geyser of British tabloid bile constantly burbling in the background of her life.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
Traditionally a celebration dish in Korea, this kalbijjim feels like a labor of love burbling on your table; it’s so good that I can see why my Korean friends say soup season is year-round.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
The trail took us past glades of juniper and dwarf birch, blue pine and rhododendron, thundering waterfalls, enchanting boulder gardens, burbling streams.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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