roar
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Companies with stocks near 52-week lows that analysts expect to roar back include Dick’s Sporting Goods, McDonald’s and L3Harris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
With a roar, the apple harvester starts up.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The loudest roar at Wednesday’s practice was when he showed up on the sideline with fellow receiver Davante Adams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
At that exact same moment, there was a terrifying roar that shook the metal building and reverberated inside Chase’s chest and all the way down to his toes.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
The pair have a bit of rivalry with Price's on-stage roars and antics often provoking Littler into doing similar, but the teenager denied that Price can get "under his skin".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The game, taking place in the city where Messi plays his club soccer for Inter Miami, was played in front of almost entirely Argentina die-hards, whose raucous roars shook the stadium concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Lucy Matthews drives a 1994 Jeep Wrangler that doesn’t have air conditioning, roars as loud as a tractor and absolutely guzzles gasoline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
We went to the Norton Simon Museum together in November, on the kind of gray Pasadena day when the 210 Freeway roars in the background like white noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Outside in front of the station the stream roars alongside the street, it rushes foaming from the sluices of the mill bridge.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Like many survivors, Tamang's family had only minutes to escape the torrent of water and debris that roared through their village, leaving them little chance to gather belongings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Britain's Harriet Dart hailed the "community" of supporters who roared her on as she ended a 19-month wait for a Grand Slam win with a battling victory over Peyton Stearns at the US Open.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Naturally, the crowd roared as she dove bob-first into “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Hunt roared at the TV camera after completing her individual sprint double in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the back of her mind, Sigurd roared with cruel laughter.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Next to the damaged station, dozens of onlookers stared at the flames roaring from the vehicle amid shards of glass and rubble, AFP journalists observed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The roaring success of the exhibition led to a huge transformation in how she was received both in Japan and abroad.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Shares of CrowdStrike are roaring after the company revealed a record-breaking quarter, partially boosted by fears about the power of artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 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 warm, even with the air-conditioning roaring, but I felt like I might break into a fit of shakes.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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