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as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions
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as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
her office is a tumble of books and papers, but somehow she can find everything
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as in to fall
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
the infant stood for a moment and then tumbled on the carpet
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as in to plunge
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
stock prices tumbled after the earnings report was released
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
tumbled all the clothes in her closet as she furiously searched for her favorite pair of jeans
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as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
all we need is one strong wind, and that old barn is going to tumble
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Recent Examples of tumble
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
Its delicate, cheerful blooms tumble over walls and sidewalks alike, filling them with tiny blossoms.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
Jennifer Broome, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
One person reportedly died after tumbling from a second-floor window and three others were injured — including a firefighter — after a fire tore through a Brooklyn business Monday morning.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Their surface is slightly textured to prevent slips and has enough cushioning for tumbles.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
Its delicate, cheerful blooms tumble over walls and sidewalks alike, filling them with tiny blossoms.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
Verb
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Colorado’s waterfalls are summer showstoppers tucked into canyons, tumbling over cliffs, or splashing into hidden swimming holes.
—Jennifer Broome, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
One person reportedly died after tumbling from a second-floor window and three others were injured — including a firefighter — after a fire tore through a Brooklyn business Monday morning.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumble
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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School begins this fall, and the bride is already worried about how much tuition costs.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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All current Buona restaurants are company-owned, but the chain is planning to spread the gospel of the Chicago sandwich steeped in tradition and gravy by opening franchise locations in Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin beginning this fall.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Smoke follows a detective (Jurnee Smollett) and an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) who are trying to catch a pair of serial arsonists wreaking fiery havoc across the Pacific Northwest.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2025
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Infusing the trenches with Allen and Hargrave should make for more havoc in one-on-one matchups.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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No one stumbled into creating a billion dollar company, gingerly broke a world record, or cautiously planned and lived their peak life.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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And then there are those, like Mia, who stumble on their birth families inadvertently.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Any amount of sustained rain, much less a hurricane in what’s expected to be a busy season, can plunge the nation into more distress.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Even as her job at The Dial plunged her deeper into the heart of Transcendentalism, Fuller began to separate herself from the movement.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Verb
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An extended pause in scheduling student visas could lead to delays that may disrupt college, boarding-school or exchange students’ plans to enroll in summer and fall terms.—
Annie Ma,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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What Could Move The Market? Several factors could disrupt the current market calm: European Tariff Deadline: President Trump has postponed the implementation of a 50% tariff on European Union goods to July 9, 2025.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The security perimeter collapses, and the risk increases exponentially.—
Craig Davies,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Video shows the man collapse to the ground, deputies said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2025
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But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.—
Sandra E. Garcia,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Current section record holders from Torrey Pines include Mia Kragh (girls 100-yard butterfly) and Logan Noguchi (boys 200 IM, 100 fly and 100 back) as well as two girls relays (200 and 400 free) and two boys relays (200 medley and 400 free).—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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“Tumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumble. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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