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rumble

[ruhm-buhl] / ˈrʌm bəl /
VERB
growl, thunder
Synonyms


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Some of the damaged buildings groaned with each new rumble of the earth, as Venezuela endured more aftershocks.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

While the afternoons blazed, Tim sailed Melville’s waves of prose, alert to the rumble of an epic whale beneath their surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Not boos, but the low rumble of his name when he walks out to bat.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

The plant’s low rumble reverberated across the surrounding desert, unusually green from a recent rain.

From Salon May 10, 2026

Annabeth hobbled along, trying to ignore the rumble in her stomach.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Ultimately, the tracks would be complemented with multiple sound walls and shields, the latter clear structures designed to block coaster rumbles and audience screams.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

As the first-quarter earnings season rumbles on, those lofty expectations have looked justified so far: The pace of earnings growth reported by firms so far has dramatically surpassed analysts’ expectations.

From MarketWatch May 3, 2026

Mr. Spears’s orchestration is similarly evocative of this timeless state, with rumbles, lush strings, and no high woodwinds.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

The plans come as a months-long diplomatic row between Japan and China over comments Takaichi made on Taiwan rumbles on.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

The sled rumbles on icy patches beneath us.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

When I asked if they wanted to visit Delilah at her store, Cosmo would thunder down the hallway toward our front door, while Hook rumbled behind.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

All around this one personal tragedy are the sights and smells of many others from that moment Wednesday evening when the earth abruptly groaned and rumbled with quakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5, in rapid succession.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Opening track Are You Listening Yet rumbled along on an irresistible soca rhythm, while a sample of Underworld's Born Slippy gave Taste Back a much-needed turbo boost.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

They rumbled through like a runaway train, dominating with 55 runs over four losers’-bracket wins.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

The floor rumbled underneath me as the very walls around us shuddered and creaked, sending torrents of rock dust down onto millions of dollars’ worth of equipment.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

But if these rumbling premonitions have remained true across multiple eras of an ever-evolving media landscape, have we really learned anything?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

But internal wrangling over defence spending has been rumbling on for months following multiple delays to the DIP, which was originally due last autumn.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

An eyewitness told the Daily Tribune newspaper that she heard a loud rumbling moments before the collapse.

From BBC May 24, 2026

Its internal speaker plays a rumbling soundtrack that sends the drumsticks attached to the instrument flittering, giving the sense of a ghostly presence tapping out a brooding dirge.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

We work quickly as distant, rumbling thunder threatens to destroy our secret project.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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