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as in to scurry
to proceed or move quickly
rustled around enthusiastically on the morning of the big trip
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Recent Examples of rustle
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Quaking aspens are known for their display of fluttering, rustling leaves in the lightest of breezes.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2025
Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
The two mics allowed the team to record her vocals whichever way her head turned, and if one picked up the rustle of fabric, there would be a backup track.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Verb
What to Listen For: The wind rustling through the aspen leaves at higher elevations is a delightful sound.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Quaking aspens are known for their display of fluttering, rustling leaves in the lightest of breezes.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
Crows rustle in Dylan Southern’s fiction feature debut, the haunting story of a middle-aged man coming to terms with the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, the mother of his two boys.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
The two mics allowed the team to record her vocals whichever way her head turned, and if one picked up the rustle of fabric, there would be a backup track.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustle
Verb
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The stepbrother was shot in the leg while the father’s arm was grazed.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Trump and his campaign also shared relatively little information about his recovery or any lingering health effects after he was grazed by an assassin’s bullet in July 2024.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For years, getting travelers to see Athens as more than a transient city would take some convincing; the extent of their stay at the best hotels in Athens would merely include a brief bucket-list visit to the Acropolis before scurrying off to the Greek islands.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
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But even that nice moment is tempered by the sound of something scurrying about somewhere in or around her villa.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Once a silent graveyard of bleached coral, the ocean floor is now crackling with life thanks in part to the use of technology developed by Mars Sustainable Solutions.—
Cat Cardenas,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Even today, those issues are still crackling with creativity and energy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some people are forthright when Boulet asks, with a cameraman in tow, a question that is often not spoken, or at most in a locker-room whisper.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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In truth, whispers have been circulating for months that a The Row homewares line might be in the works.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The deals are on now and are good until April 14, so hurry and upgrade your Microsoft Office system today.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Mayor Adams on Monday urged the judge presiding over his public corruption case to hurry up and decide on outstanding dismissal motions before upcoming deadlines in the mayoral race.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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See this steel-case perpetual calendar model, a three-day automatic powered by the company’s 34th caliber developed in-house — but still squeaking in at less than $10,000, a fraction of what most Swiss makers command for a mechanical watch with a calendar that keeps up with leap years.—
Robin Swithinbank,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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House Bill 1277 squeaked out of the chamber with 33 votes, the minimum needed to clear the chamber; 30 representatives voted no, with some Democrats joining Republicans.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Despite some murmurs about The White Lotus losing its bite—or at least taking its sweet time to return—the HBO show proved its staying power in a big way.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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The soft murmur of a few dozen conversations lingered outside a small auditorium named after Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president who overhauled the way Americans pay for college.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The mayhem unfolded after the teen was walking back into the lobby area when Sampson rushed over to the girl and grabbed her arm, the affidavit reads.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration's massive tariffs on China have Apple flying planes full of iPhones to the U.S. and consumers rushing to buy them before the prices potentially skyrocket.—
Angrej Singh,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Rustle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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