roar
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They greeted her with a roar, cheered every point, and screamed with such deafening volume that her opponents made a string of unforced errors in the middle of a game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"When Japanese products first entered Europe, there was the same reaction, there were many questions," Zhang said, over the roar of engines being tested.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Needless to say, this argument doesn’t guarantee that the stock market will soon roar back.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Howl like the wind, roar like the river / Wail like the rain, cry, shout, and shiver," she advises, her tawny, contralto voice instantly recognisable.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
This time the roar was more of a growl.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
As loud as the dinos may be, the audience roars even louder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
When the announcement was made that the weather threat had cleared, it was greeted by one of the biggest roars of the night.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
I wear them onstage and I don’t think twice about it, but the audience roars with laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The cries came again, and nobody seemed to hear them but me, not over John Henry’s roars, so I kept running.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
“We are absolutely stoked to be reopened and welcoming everyone onto the terrace” overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Nepenthe hostess Faith Sassepp said on a phone call as a helicopter roared in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Seeking to reassert her dominance in the event, Olympic champion Hodgkinson was roared on in pursuit of Werro by her home support but was unable to overhaul her new rival in the closing stages.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
After seizing control in the first-set tiebreaker, Fritz roared to a 3-0 lead with a pair of service breaks in the second.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Canada’s economy has roared back to life, tracking the strongest growth in roughly three years with an expansion in oil and gas activity and continued recoveries in areas like manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The flu roared behind my eyes, the papers swam in front of me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Shares of CrowdStrike Holdings were roaring after the cybersecurity company revealed a record-breaking quarter, one partially boosted by fears about the power of artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
While roaring fires and vast plumes of smoke proved spectacular, a more creeping disaster was also spreading: drought.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
She and Alcaraz enjoyed the occasion, playing with smiles on their faces and roaring each other on after winning a point.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
With a bald eagle, fighter jets, Air Force One, the Beast and race cars roaring through the nation’s capital, Trump certainly didn’t send the celebration out quietly.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
It was more like a monster deep in the bowels of her belly, roaring and clawing to get out.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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