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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
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
Listen to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling in the wind, allowing the sights and sounds of nature to soothe your soul.
—Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
But as the forest leaves rustle, Aemond’s (Ewan Mitchell) dragon Vhagar — the largest of the Targaryen brood — awakes.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Verb
The empty road allows the peaceful sounds of wind rustling through the trees to fill the air.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
Listen to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling in the wind, allowing the sights and sounds of nature to soothe your soul.
—Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
Green onions and fried, battery crumbles of pork skin rustle and crunch against the teeth, and bites of the bowl’s single pork meatball bounce around the palate.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
But as the forest leaves rustle, Aemond’s (Ewan Mitchell) dragon Vhagar — the largest of the Targaryen brood — awakes.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustle
Verb
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Dairy cows grazing on a farm near Oxford, New Zealand, in 2018.Mahalia Dobson, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Crooks fatally shot one rally attendee, and one of his bullets grazed Trump’s ear, streaking his face with blood.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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Conditions were so poor that fly excrement and cobwebs covered the home’s walls and ceilings and investigators found rats freely scurrying into the broken walls and floors.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Nov. 2024
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But overall trade also slowed, with U.S. companies scurrying to file for tariff exemptions and trying to curry favor with his administration for relief.Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Huge sofas beg for lounging and lazing, fires crackle with welcoming warmth, color tones cross a panoply of natural fall shades—browns and creams, grays and beiges, leather and chestnut, low lit and unashamedly luxurious.Duncan Madden, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Spend your days leaf peeping on a scenic drive, hiking to waterfalls tucked deep in the woods, strolling through quaint downtowns, and sitting down for dinner next to a crackling fireplace at the end of it all.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
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In a glancing sense, for me, there are whispers of the Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman musical Follies in The Last Showgirl.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2024
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The Kimberley is a truly wild place, where human history is merely a whisper over millennia.Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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Student loan forgiveness The Education Department has been hurrying to finalize a new federal rule that would cancel student loans for people who face financial hardship.Fatima Hussein, Matthew Daly, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2024
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Once his roughly 30-minute speech at the Institute for the Preservation of African American Music and Arts ended, supporters hurried to the front of the room to take selfies with Clinton, who has remained a popular figure even two decades after his presidency ended.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Bills squeaked this one out at home against a desperate division rival, and the lessons of this stressful win could do this team some good come playoff time.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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The approval — widely expected after the bills squeaked through the Senate earlier this month despite fierce political opposition — strengthens the president’s hand at home and abroad as economic pressures mount.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
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On Saturday, as culmination to Marvel’s packed San Diego Comic-Con panel announcing the studio’s upcoming slate of projects, veteran MCU hands Anthony and Joe Russo appeared onstage alongside a phalanx of sinister metal-mask-wearing, robed figures to ecstatic cheers and awed murmurs.Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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Hinchcliffe said, prompting murmurs and scattered boos from the crowd.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Three victims died at the scene, while a fourth was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to the Fire Department.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Preparations were rushed across the Greater Antilles, with hurricane warnings issued for the Turks and Caicos, southeastern Bahamas, and Cuba.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Rustle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustle. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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