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[bur-buhl] / ˈbɜr bəl /


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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

Behind the glass fronts are shelves of Mason jars in which Mr. De Smedt’s starters burble away.

From New York Times Apr. 11, 2020

And then Ms. Rochambeau’s words burble up from inside me against my will.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

The creek, a tributary to the wild Chinook-bearing Chehalis River, burbles beneath the ridge.

From Seattle Times Feb. 23, 2023

As flock animals, they’re in constant communication with each other; their burbles and chirps and purrs have become a relaxing soundtrack of my evenings.

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2023

I don’t know if anything I said made sense, but somewhere between the gray sidewalk and the gray sky, a laugh burbles out of me.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

Willy just burbled if the questions were about butterflies or boats, but watch out if the question was about baseball.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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

These water gardens were lovely and relatively simple, but I still wanted the soothing sound of burbling water.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2024

Along the way, I spotted flashy displays of yellow balsamroot and purple lupine as my family meandered alongside burbling Cowiche Creek.

From Seattle Times May 18, 2024

She was burbling with excitement as if they were the kind of people who regularly discussed Guinness world records.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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