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Recent Examples of rumble
Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Kraft caught the pass in the left flat, rumbled to the endzone and broke the plane by inches before his elbow hit the ground.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Andy Scholes, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Ripping into a pack by sliding your finger across its top edge is actually a pretty satisfying experience, accompanied by a soft rumble intended to replicate the feel of tearing into a packet of foil stuffed with shiny bits of cardboard.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Given a week to marshal their respective forces, both sides were out in force and ready to rumble.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Kraft caught the pass in the left flat, rumbled to the endzone and broke the plane by inches before his elbow hit the ground.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Noun
The Steelers lost their first game of the season last week despite mounting a late comeback attempt against the Colts, so look for this game to be a rumble.
—Andy Scholes, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Ripping into a pack by sliding your finger across its top edge is actually a pretty satisfying experience, accompanied by a soft rumble intended to replicate the feel of tearing into a packet of foil stuffed with shiny bits of cardboard.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumble
Verb
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Bateman continues to have a visible blast both as the new Matt and the growling ghost of his lethal past, and pairs beautifully with Chris Messina’s impeccable comic timing.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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Later that night, Barney is growling at something outside when Pip receives an ominous message from an unknown number.Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
Noun
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There had been rumblings in recent weeks regarding the possibility of Houston as a landing spot for Antetokounmpo, and for good reason.Rahat Huq, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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There had been rumblings of a sequel almost from the moment Gladiator hit screens in May 2000, rumblings that grew even louder after the DreamWorks film won five Academy Awards, including the one for best picture.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Some grumbled about resellers, who sell their Labubu hauls at exorbitant markups, being among those who had swarmed the release.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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There will always be grumbling at the granular level of losses like that.Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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