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rumble

[ruhm-buhl] / ˈrʌm bəl /
VERB
growl, thunder
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The following song, “Different Religion,” filled with clanging effects, an appealing subsonic rumble, and vocals from Cole Haden of Model/Actriz, might be the record’s finest moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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Now the constant rumble of construction machinery has been replaced by a steady stream of vans and golf carts ferrying people to and from the paddock for this weekend's races.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

“There’s like a million different signs that the freeway ends,” he said Wednesday: flashing lights, signs, rumble strips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

And in the late night, as the early summer sun is just beginning its rise behind the hills, I hear a rumble.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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

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

The new month sees U.S. stocks at record highs as an inexorable rally rumbles on.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

My stomach rumbles, and I suddenly have a craving for chicken curry.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“In a low energy 24 hours the Middle East story has rumbled on as concerns about fresh US-Iran hostilities pushed oil prices higher still,” Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid wrote in a Tuesday note.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Scrum pressure forced New Zealand replacement Fletcher Newell to his knees, the Springboks punted the resulting penalty into the 22m and a monster maul rumbled infield and forward with Marx crashing over.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Many Flores inhabitants slept outside for a second night in a row, afraid to go home as hundreds of aftershocks rumbled through the area.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Only three days later they met their first ice, large chunks called growlers that scraped and rumbled past the sides of the ship.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

Talk of City signing Bouaddi has been rumbling all summer, and the club have reportedly held talks with the Moroccan,, external who would cost an estimated £85m.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Its internal speaker plays a rumbling soundtrack that sends the drumsticks attached to the instrument flittering, giving the sense of a ghostly presence tapping out a brooding dirge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Even DeShon sometimes leaves off his headphones to listen to birds, breezes rumbling through the trees.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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