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rumble

[ruhm-buhl] / ˈrʌm bəl /
VERB
growl, thunder
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The plant’s low rumble reverberated across the surrounding desert, unusually green from a recent rain.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

And it is optimizing the routes taken by its trucks, 5,000 of which rumble each day along company logging roads whose mileage rivals the Interstate Highway System.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

It's followed by the heavier rumble of the larger refuelling aircraft that will join its mission - hunting down Iranian drones.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

I pick up my pace a little more, let a delivery truck rumble by, and make a quick dash to the opposite sidewalk, walking back the way I came.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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