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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
The Earl of Louisiana By A. J. Liebling Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, by Hunter S. Thompson
Thompson’s tale of the 1972 presidential campaign has offered a rousing introduction to American campaigns for generations of teenage political junkies.
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Ben Jacobs, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Well after the song's rousing success, the 29-year-old got the nod to perform at halftime during Thursday's Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions game.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
Take a warm bath: The warm water can help rouse your digestive system.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2024
The rebels would storm federal buildings in New York, fly a Confederate flag over City Hall and try to rouse support from New Yorkers, who had close ties with the Southern cotton industry.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Ben Jacobs, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Well after the song's rousing success, the 29-year-old got the nod to perform at halftime during Thursday's Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions game.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
Take a warm bath: The warm water can help rouse your digestive system.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2024
The rebels would storm federal buildings in New York, fly a Confederate flag over City Hall and try to rouse support from New Yorkers, who had close ties with the Southern cotton industry.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Take a moment to roll your eyes or otherwise express your disbelief, and then hear me out: Monday through Friday, most of us spend the majority of our waking time at the office or in front of a computer screen.Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This could occur for players who tried to wake the game from sleep mode or who pressed a button to merely preview a purchasable item, the agency said in a complaint, which outline offenses from 2017 to 2022.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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His comments awoke the industry for a discourse about wokeness that even reached fellow Seinfeld alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who, for the record, disagreed with him).Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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The stark beauty of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic, part music hall romp, part abstract painting, was awakened in a production starring two gifted comics who didn’t overplay their slapstick hands, Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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According to Winter Haven Police, residents inside a home on 6th St SW in Winter Haven, Florida, were suddenly awakened on Thursday at about 1:36 a.m. to a loud bang at the front door.Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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So in an attempt to arouse her husband’s passion, Claire indulges in a French spa treatment (a.k.a.Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
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Suspicions were reportedly aroused when a test-taker was seen repeatedly fidgeting with their glasses frames, according to one source briefed on the probe.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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