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rumble

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


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Around it, though, the rumble and the tapping continue, sometimes barely audible, sometimes more assertive, and the keyboard figure is soon punctuated by the aggressive plucking of a single bass string.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Evans felt a deep rumble as the boxing champion came into view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The volcano's sustained explosive activity weakened on September 6, although Anak Krakatau continued to rumble.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Now the constant rumble of construction machinery has been replaced by a steady stream of vans and golf carts ferrying people to and from the paddock for this weekend's races.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

No sooner had Dot disappeared than I heard the rumble of a car.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Start with the gravely voice that rumbles and mumbles, make your eyes as heavy-lidded as possible, add a swaggering shoulder roll and then just brood, baby, brood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

As the debate rumbles on, the staff at the Middle Ale continue serving up pints of Guinness and Lidl’s own range of lagers and wines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In Tottenham, he performs alongside videos of his old friend on a version of Feel Good Inc that rumbles like a juggernaut.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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

A chorus of mm-hmms rumbles through the table.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Amid palm-oil plantations, trucks this past week rumbled in and out of a data center under construction by Vena Group, which is backed by American asset manager BlackRock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

Cars rumbled into the parking lot, jostled by potholes, but nearly everyone went into the Dollar General.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

It was a set-up so convoluted that it's doubtful that even Ross, who has been permanently paranoid about being murdered in plain sight, rumbled them.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“The terminals are old! They weren’t meant for this,” a tired CTA employee explained, kindly ushering us through the stroller entrance as the next train rumbled toward the platform.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Don’t look at me like that! You must have learned how to make me feel guilty from Baba Joseph,” rumbled Dr. van Heerden.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

He heard a rumbling sound, distant at first, but getting louder until it was like a helicopter approaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Jeff Edwards: 'The rumbling sound got louder and louder'

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The crack of the bat echoed the thunder that had been rumbling outside of the roofed ballpark for much of the afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Why should pizzas be on the way when she already had a refrigerator bursting with food and the boy had gone to school so many days with his stomach rumbling, his head aching?

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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