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roar

[rawr, rohr] / rɔr, roʊr /


NOUN
loud outburst
Synonyms


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Lined with refrigerator-sized server systems, the room emits a low roar from its cooling systems and allows potential customers to remotely access and try out Etched’s chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 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

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

All around him was darkness and the roar and crash of waves as the ship buckled and rain lashed down.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Exactly 60 years after Williams’ induction speech on the steps of the Hall of Fame, Baker walked into the Hall and was greeted by the loud roars of another Boston Red Sox legend, David Ortiz.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

She was quick to voice her frustration as her performance dropped off, throwing her arms up, letting out guttural roars and unleashing her fury on her team.

From BBC Jun. 3, 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

But every few months, it roars with life, as it did this past weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 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

Live Nation has also sought more growth abroad, amid signs of a slowdown in the U.S., after concerts roared back to life when pandemic restrictions lifted.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

So I jumped in my truck and roared the forty miles to Wasilla, then on down near the town of Palmer, slid into the parking lot at the shelter...

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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

After a long, painful downdraft that erased more some $2.2 trillion in value, cryptocurrencies — and, notably, bitcoin — have come roaring back this week.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Montgomery and his grandson Tom Malcolm had arrived in Bowral on Sunday to "roaring applause" from his local community, the national broadcaster ABC reported.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The Kospi saw its best-ever day on Friday, as the index came roaring back thanks to historical jumps in its big tech names.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

They spent a few hours laughing and talking before roaring off on their bikes, like a swarm of loud mosquitoes.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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