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Recent Examples of rumble
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
The earbuds are particularly good at eliminating the noise from a plane engine, including most of the low-end rumble and high-end hiss.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have recently been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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Verb
These detectors, part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) detection network, also pick up the rumble of a thunder or the ultrasonic booms generated by large pieces of space rocks or space debris disintegrating in Earth's atmosphere.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
The earbuds are particularly good at eliminating the noise from a plane engine, including most of the low-end rumble and high-end hiss.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Noun
As the first National Guard troops rumbled into Los Angeles on Sunday, summoned by the Trump administration to quell protests against an immigration crackdown, Los Angeles remained its eternal self — bigger than any one disruption.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have recently been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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Outside, in the sweltering Manhattan evening, stomachs growled.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Their reactions can range from growling and biting to a simple look and slight baring of teeth, an article from the Preventive Vet stated.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
Noun
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For the long term, there are still rumblings of fusion reactors becoming available at utility scale (maybe in the next 10 years?).—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
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There have been rumblings about how this movie and universe may evolve from here.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The neighbors won’t appreciate the grumbling exhaust, though the engine doesn’t rev particularly high for a V12, given the 6,000-rpm redline.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The bikes grumble and occasionally break down, as do the 50-somethings, which is reassuring to us ordinary folk who get to see the glory of all without having to straddle a motorcycle for two months.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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