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as in breathtaking
causing great emotional or mental stimulation
a rousing rendition of our national anthem
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as in buzzing
marked by much life, movement, or activity
during the heat wave stores were doing a rousing business in air conditioners
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as in waking
to cause to stop sleeping
the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep
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as in awaking
to cease to be asleep
I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Regardless of film gauge, the haunting, funny, rousing, poignant, terrifying vampire film is simply one of the most beautiful movies ever made, a movie where the photography expresses theme and character with elegance, complexity, and an awe-inspiring tonal range.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2025
Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
In 24 episodes, the series toggled effortlessly between sci-fi, action, and thriller, delivering a rousing message about the effort required to build a community and wage a rebellion while still indulging in the pew-pew laser-gunning Star Wars stuff that hardcore franchise fans want.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez received a rousing applause at Friday night's men's college basketball game between Providence and Seton Hall.
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David Hudson, a free speech attorney and professor at Belmont University Law School serving as Detwiler's co-counsel with attorneys Joseph Fuson and Worrick Robinson, delivered a rousing argument on Detwiler’s behalf.
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Located in northern Spain, along the Bay of Biscay and between the popular cities of Bilbao and San Sebastián, the Urola Coast of Basque Country is a breathtaking stretch of shoreline.—
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In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela's breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang.—
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Once a pivotal railway stop, later the site of world-stage events, like the 1996 Olympic Games, and most recently, a filming epicenter, Conyers has blossomed into a buzzing destination, drawing visitors from across the globe.—
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The cancellations made up nearly half of the airline’s flight schedule during the buzzing holiday season.—
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Each person's circadian rhythm, often defined as the body's internal 24-hour clock, keeps the body operating on a healthy pattern of sleeping and waking.—
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In 1941 Wales, the populace all begin dreaming of King Arthur’s return, while also claiming to witness waking phenomena like dragons in the London Underground and lights at Stonehenge.—
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In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.—
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Tirso Ornelas’ seventh-inning grand slam triggered a late-game awaking as Triple-A El Paso beat host Sugar Land 13-2 on Wednesday.—
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This season already has plenty of exciting acting talents to spot on the red carpets—including frontrunners such as Chase Infiniti, Renate Reinsve, and Rose Byrne.—
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Craft service had Cinnabons — that was exciting.—
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Visiting the restaurant has become an expression of the purest form of Panthers fandom — and that’s helped make this week quite busy ahead of the Panthers’ first home playoff game in 10 years.—
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Those who remain are concentrated in Venezuela’s cities, including its capital, Caracas, where the street market in the Catia neighborhood once was so busy that shoppers bumped into one another and dodged oncoming traffic.—
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Yet American open-source efforts may be gradually awakening, as American innovators attempt to boost American open-model competitiveness.—
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After Juneid and Zainab’s deaths, the children who had mysteriously vanished begin to reappear in the very same places where they were last seen—unharmed, as if awakening from a long dream.—
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The band might be thematically diving into the past, but their present is equally thrilling.—
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The stage is set for the medal games at the 2026 World Juniors following Sunday’s two excellent semifinals, highlighted by a thrilling Sweden-Finland overtime game that needed an eight-round shootout and the Czechs bouncing the Canadians for a third straight year in the elimination round.—
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“Rousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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