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Recent Examples of rumble
Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Family Farms is Broward County’s lone strawberry u-pick, home to 10 acres of strawberry plants, along with cows, chickens, bunnies and tractor hayrides that rumble to life on the weekends.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
In this study, a team used machine-learning methods to analyze recordings of 469 calls or ‘rumbles’ made by wild African elephant female–offspring groups in the Amboseli National Park and Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in Kenya.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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Verb
As aftershocks rumbled and tsunami warnings rang out, teachers hurried the children to higher ground behind the school.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Family Farms is Broward County’s lone strawberry u-pick, home to 10 acres of strawberry plants, along with cows, chickens, bunnies and tractor hayrides that rumble to life on the weekends.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
Readers are shown the likely son of a gardener planting the seeds of literature in Mesopotamia, the jungle shaman carefully hovering over the bones of the dead in the Amazon and the first rumbles of the Minotaur in the Mediterranean.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
In this study, a team used machine-learning methods to analyze recordings of 469 calls or ‘rumbles’ made by wild African elephant female–offspring groups in the Amboseli National Park and Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in Kenya.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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Other severely anxious pets may growl or even attack other unfamiliar people or animals in a fear response.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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Darren McGavin growling his way through the flight!—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Leclerc would join a talented Cardinals bullpen, though there have been rumblings St. Louis may trade close Ryan Helsley.—
Zach Pressnell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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There’s also been recent rumblings of him being intrigued with the Las Vegas Raiders.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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While several teams reportedly grumbled about the terms behind closed doors, the weight of financial considerations and potential consequences, such as losing charter status, compelled many to accept the deal.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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There had been plenty of grumbling about his aging, although in fairness much of it came from anonymous sources griping to the press, and some complaints had an ableist ring to them.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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