rumble
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Now the constant rumble of construction machinery has been replaced by a steady stream of vans and golf carts ferrying people to and from the paddock for this weekend's races.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
From the BBC's office, we hear the near constant rumble of air defences and drone explosions.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Kids who grew up near those hills remember the rumble and roar of Rocketdyne testing another rocket engine and the cloudbanks of smoke from the test firings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some of the damaged buildings groaned with each new rumble of the earth, as Venezuela endured more aftershocks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
With a rumble, it speeds farther away from Sagan.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
However, Fawad Razaqzada at Forex.com warned that traders might begin to rethink their positions the longer the conflict rumbles on.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Italy's eager back row soaked up England's ponderous forward rumbles and when the ball went wide, their defensive shape was barely ruffled.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Midnight, who had been asleep, rumbles in surprise and turns his head.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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“In a low energy 24 hours the Middle East story has rumbled on as concerns about fresh US-Iran hostilities pushed oil prices higher still,” Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid wrote in a Tuesday note.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Scrum pressure forced New Zealand replacement Fletcher Newell to his knees, the Springboks punted the resulting penalty into the 22m and a monster maul rumbled infield and forward with Marx crashing over.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
Michael’s stomach growled and rumbled, but he didn’t notice.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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 the construction noise, rumbling trucks and constant influx of workers has the couple at their wits’ end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
An eyewitness told the Daily Tribune newspaper that she heard a loud rumbling moments before the collapse.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
The plant houses 14 rumbling pumps in two football-field sized wings and is one of the most powerful water lifting systems in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
I can hear the rumbling of the train.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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