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rumble

[ruhm-buhl] / ˈrʌm bəl /
VERB
growl, thunder
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"I think we all know that the gig is up for Rachel," she went on, revealing she'd rumbled one of the traitors.

From BBC

A record number of tourists flocked to Japan in 2025, officials said Tuesday, despite a steep fall in Chinese visitors in December as a diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo rumbled on.

From Barron's

The number of Chinese tourists in Japan plunged 45 percent in December from a year earlier, the transport ministry said Tuesday, as a diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo rumbled on.

From Barron's

Various proposals for an 'Atlantic League' have also rumbled in the background since the turn of the century, initially including teams from the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Scandinavia and Scotland.

From BBC

In the morning, the rumble of rock-grinding machines, which crush through buckets of substrate, could be heard before the savannah's fauna began its daily chorus.

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