sputter/roar to life
idiom
of a machine
: to begin working
The engine suddenly roared to life.
After several attempts to start it, the engine finally sputtered to life.
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Emergency responders gameplan for worst-case scenarios, but rarely see one like this roar to life: A Category 4 hurricane is bearing down on Florida, while resources are strained responding to another devastating hurricane in the same region.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
Storms are expected to roar to life each day in the late afternoon or early evening hours and remain a threat overnight.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 24 June 2024
Wildfire outbreak possible in epicenter of devastating fires Gusty winds up to 50 mph will roar to life Wednesday afternoon across the southern Rockies and southern Plains as a potent storm takes shape.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
The massive Super Heavy rocket booster, which houses 33 engines, was expected to roar to life and vault the Starship spacecraft off its ground pad, which lies within SpaceX facilities on the coast of South Texas, sending the vehicle soaring out over the Gulf of Mexico.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
An hour before engines roar to life, a pit party lets guests see 12,000-pound trucks up close and meet drivers and crews, while a play area has inflatable slides and a remote control truck course.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
That February, the US invaded Kuwait, and Kaplan watched the campus roar to life with anti-war activists, who marched with gas masks and chanted their parents’ slogans from Vietnam.
—Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
In its 118 years, the company has made a lot of motorcycles, and a shocking number of them are still on the road, or at least ready to roar to life out of the dusty recesses of the garage.
—Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 25 Apr. 2021
If all goes according to plan, Falcon 9 will roar to life at 7:27 p.m. EST and lift off from Launch Complex 39a at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2020
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
Storms are expected to roar to life each day in the late afternoon or early evening hours and remain a threat overnight.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 24 June 2024
Wildfire outbreak possible in epicenter of devastating fires Gusty winds up to 50 mph will roar to life Wednesday afternoon across the southern Rockies and southern Plains as a potent storm takes shape.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
The massive Super Heavy rocket booster, which houses 33 engines, was expected to roar to life and vault the Starship spacecraft off its ground pad, which lies within SpaceX facilities on the coast of South Texas, sending the vehicle soaring out over the Gulf of Mexico.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
An hour before engines roar to life, a pit party lets guests see 12,000-pound trucks up close and meet drivers and crews, while a play area has inflatable slides and a remote control truck course.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
That February, the US invaded Kuwait, and Kaplan watched the campus roar to life with anti-war activists, who marched with gas masks and chanted their parents’ slogans from Vietnam.
—Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
In its 118 years, the company has made a lot of motorcycles, and a shocking number of them are still on the road, or at least ready to roar to life out of the dusty recesses of the garage.
—Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 25 Apr. 2021
If all goes according to plan, Falcon 9 will roar to life at 7:27 p.m. EST and lift off from Launch Complex 39a at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2020
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