burble
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And notwithstanding the constant shrieks about America’s nativism and xenophobia, the melting pot continues to burble along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024
Even when he was trying to sound upbeat, the river of resentment would burble up in his mannerisms and his peevish voice.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
Much of the stream called Little Brook flows below the pavement in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood, emerging for just a moment to burble through a small park shadowed by apartment buildings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
All of those gambits are there, but they spring from and burble back to a larger, overarching scheme.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
Jake heard a very loud burble, like bubbles in a bathtub.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Birds sing and the Lukaya River burbles along the valley floor.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
One line of evidence came from isotope measurements of helium that burbles up in Tibetan springs.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
This is a two-tiered falls, widening as it descends: The water takes a long plunge, crashes into a pool, then burbles back up and falls again.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Leslie Run burbles along the bottom of the hill where the Murphys live.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
A stone fountain burbled softly in his Japanese-inspired peace garden.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Alabama and Texas A&M illustrated one of the byproducts that have burbled up out of college football’s ever-shifting ecosystem.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022
It's like the ugly reality that was being daintily concealed in the '80s has burbled up and consumed us all.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
It was late summer at JourneyPure; the horses were grazing behind the barn, and a river burbled behind the cluster of cottages where patients live.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2018
After all the ringing, her voice burbled out: “You got Josie! Well, not actually, because you really just got my voicemail. But leave a message, and I’ll call you back!”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The answers, though, seem largely incidental beside the pageantry of haute cuisine and burbling table talk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Meghan is a wealthy American woman living a royal dream, if you ignore the geyser of British tabloid bile constantly burbling in the background of her life.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
“There we go!” someone called out as he cleared the burbling waterway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
His 2020 debut, “Desire,” was a solo album of pulsing, burbling synths and beats.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
As he got closer to the pool, Fred heard burbling water and an angry voice off in the distance.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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