rumbled on

Legal proceedings rumbled on, trying to confirm a winner in last November's Minnesota Senate race.

All three of the would-be escapees were dead before Nurse gathered up the reins again. The mule cart rumbled on.

Where intimidation failed to work, as it often has, tanks rumbled on to the streets.

This dispute has rumbled on since the late 1980s, when Airbus first started to weaken America's dominance of the commercial aircraft market.

The scandal rumbled on surrounding Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempt to sell Mr Obama's Senate seat.

Speculation rumbled on about an alleged leak of company secrets at Renault related to its electric-car technology.

Campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination rumbled on.

The furore rumbled on over bonuses paid at Wall Street companies that have received state aid.

The dispute, which has rumbled on quietly for the past year, has recently shifted up a gear.

And dissent among European policymakers about how to involve private creditors in a new rescue package for Greece rumbled on.

Disputes over Ukraine's presidential election rumbled on.

The war in Afghanistan rumbled on.

The competition for the $35 billion contract has rumbled on for years, though EADS will raise its profile in America with a new bid.

The Catholic child-abuse scandal rumbled on.

The argument rumbled on for three hours.