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as in to wake
to cause to stop sleeping
the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep
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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
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Recent Examples of rouse
Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
With a rousing success under its belt from its last test flight, SpaceX is now preparing for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Hot from a rousing Venice world premiere of The Smashing Machine, writer-director Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson are planning a quick reteam in another film, Lizard Music.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
After months of setbacks for Elon Musk’s private space company, the latest launch was a rousing success.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
With a rousing success under its belt from its last test flight, SpaceX is now preparing for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Hot from a rousing Venice world premiere of The Smashing Machine, writer-director Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson are planning a quick reteam in another film, Lizard Music.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
After months of setbacks for Elon Musk’s private space company, the latest launch was a rousing success.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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If anything, conflict is to be expected; seeing eye-to-eye every waking moment of every day would be far more concerning.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Earlier that week, the men awoke in their cells at four in the morning, the usual time.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The box office success of King Kong’s 1952 rerelease, followed by Eugene Lourie’s The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), where a dinosaur was awakened by an atomic blast, both served as inspiration.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Gentle pressure with fingers or toys designed for curved reach can help awaken this zone.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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Stubborn inflation and the potential for tariffs to drive up prices have aroused significant fears among policymakers and consumers that household budgets and the economy as a whole will be under significant strain for the foreseeable future.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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The horrors of Gaza have rightly aroused international outrage.—
Sam Fleischacker,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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