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rouse

[rauz] / raʊz /




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However, this team has shown their ability to rouse themselves, and ultimately they got the job done here.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Nine minutes into the second half, the homegrown captain, neck muscles flaring, flicked a header beyond Dida, circling his arms to rouse the Reds in the Istanbul stands.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Product designers are coming up with novel ways to rouse deep sleepers that border on diabolical, including clocks that deliver 300-volt electric shocks and donate snoozers’ money to charity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

It did rouse huge cheers in the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

I tried to rouse him and get him to finish his work, but it was obvious he couldn’t do it, so I helped him stand and told him I would assist him home.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

January is an odd month in the art world, as it rouses itself from its holiday slumber but struggles to shake off the sleepiness of the past month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

In Ridley Scott’s 1979 film “Alien,” the crew of the Nostromo rouses from slumber to answer a distress call that spells their doom.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025

“American Idiot,” the show’s opening number, still rouses an audience with a mad-as-hell anthem that is as valid today as it was 20 years ago when the album came out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

We admire Zelenskyy because he rouses the better angels of our nature.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

Just before dusk, he rouses Booth and helps him down the stairs and up into the saddle.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

He has the Bruins 4-0 and has roused their hibernating fan base and infused it with hope and belief and good vibes — everything that’s lacking from Riley’s program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It seems that much of the Western world is waking up, roused by that sonorous noise that they just can’t seem to shake.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

His presence roused Everton's fans for a big finish.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Suu Kyi spent around 15 of the following 20 years in detention, largely at her Yangon home where she often roused crowds with speeches over her boundary wall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

I was roused by a tap on my door.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The latter seemingly bought into some of the era’s storylines and ringside magic, believing that a rousing speech to the wrestlers in the locker room would convince them to strike.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

This rousing statement was also, naturally, a self-aware business pitch.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Traditional elements of both bachata and música mexicana appear, as the duo touts their luxurious lifestyles over a lisping guiro and a rousing trumpet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

We are all of us, in short, “Musical Bodies,” the title and subject of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rousing exhibition celebrating the creative and aesthetic realm where music, art, and global cultures meet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Taken by his rousing speaking style and electrifying presence, Garrison immediately enlisted Douglass as a lecturer.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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