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rumble

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


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But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

And it is optimizing the routes taken by its trucks, 5,000 of which rumble each day along company logging roads whose mileage rivals the Interstate Highway System.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Hundreds of trucks laden with ore now rumble from a newly operational mine on the forest fringes.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Then a "rumble" disturbed the quiet, says Iryna.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Basil, celery, onions, meat, and other smells reached my nose and made my stomach rumble.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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