rouse
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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
In his defence, Malema told the court the firearm was not his and that he had fired the shots to rouse the crowd, South African news site SowetanLIVE reported at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
However, if the U.S. bats do not rouse from their slumber, the championship game will be a game the Americans curse forever.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Product designers are hatching new ways to rouse them that border on diabolical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
At the Battle of White Oak Swamp, his lieutenants found it all but impossible to rouse him and lifted him, insensible, on to his horse, where he continued to slumber while shells exploded around him.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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