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  • noun Plural form of rumble.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumble.

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Examples

  • Meanwhile the ICTR gravy train rumbles on in Arusha Tanzania, its African employees desperate to spin out its life as long as possible that they might squeeze the very last dollar out of it, legally or otherwise.

    Rwanda's 'Victim' Bleat 2008

  • Meanwhile the ICTR gravy train rumbles on in Arusha Tanzania, its African employees desperate to spin out its life as long as possible that they might squeeze the very last dollar out of it, legally or otherwise.

    Archive 2008-03-02 2008

  • Meanwhile, their deadly foes, the "rumbles," are what the wombles would really be like -- giant rodents armed with "rumble sticks", lethal staff-weapons with a six-inch-nail embedded in the top, giant rats who live in a vast warren underneath "Rumbledon Common."

    MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Fantasy? 2009

  • How did we go from fistfights to "rumbles" with knives to guns?

    The Meaning of School Shootings: Part Four (and Last) 2008

  • How did we go from fistfights to "rumbles" with knives to guns?

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • It is constantly in the news with all the racial 'rumbles' that occur.

    Sound Politics: "Republicans Hate Latinos" Speaker At Everett High School 2007

  • A look back at some of the "qualified scientists" KOA's Rosen has hosted for global warming discussions NBC's Guthrie, Todd suggested report shows Obama actions at odds with "hands-off" pledge, ignoring contrary evidence Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations"

    Not My Tribe 2009

  • A look back at some of the "qualified scientists" KOA's Rosen has hosted for global warming discussions NBC's Guthrie, Todd suggested report shows Obama actions at odds with "hands-off" pledge, ignoring contrary evidence Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations"

    Not My Tribe 2009

  • A look back at some of the "qualified scientists" KOA's Rosen has hosted for global warming discussions NBC's Guthrie, Todd suggested report shows Obama actions at odds with "hands-off" pledge, ignoring contrary evidence Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations"

    Not My Tribe 2009

  • A look back at some of the "qualified scientists" KOA's Rosen has hosted for global warming discussions NBC's Guthrie, Todd suggested report shows Obama actions at odds with "hands-off" pledge, ignoring contrary evidence Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations"

    Not My Tribe 2009

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