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rumble

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


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She has been leading a team of researchers in Australia, Canada and the UK to find out if people can be trained to rumble the AI imposters.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

He gets angry sometimes, but in this tournament he has yet to noticeably hector the refs or rumble with his opponents.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 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

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

Wolf had gone off on his nightly wanderings, and the only signs of life in the camp were the silent Ravens guarding the defenses, and the rumble of snores from Oslak’s shelter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

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

The bus rumbles down Kamehameha Highway before sighing to a stop near the harbor.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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

The new measures, announced by China’s commerce ministry on Monday, show Beijing isn’t backing down in a dispute that has rumbled on for months.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 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

Elijah Just rumbled toward the box and seemed to pinball around the Iranian defense.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The Cadillac rumbled down a two-lane highway, kicking up trails of dust and exhaust, a dented rocket ship blasting through time in reverse from the future to a land that Wi-Fi forgot.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

That thunder you hear rumbling is Walt Disney yelling down: What’s the point?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 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

He didn’t, however, apologize, and the PR snafu kept rumbling.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

Then, one rumbling, earthshaking day, it had poured out its heart of boiling, rolling, melting lava, and the round green peak had been blown away.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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