rumble
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It swoops down playfully in “A Black Song,” over a swung rumble of drumbeats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
"It was a rumble and then a bang," one resident told AFP, asking not to be named.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
As the thundering basslines rumble, hundreds of people dance with wild abandon.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
Another, in Silverdale, posted: "Loud rumble and rattling of fixtures in house, as though something had collapsed or the chimney had fallen off. Significant enough to go outside to check."
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Survivors describe the sound of a tsunami as everything from a deafening rumble to a rasping hiss.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The Outsiders
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