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In his defence, Malema told the court the firearm was not his and that he had fired the shots to rouse the crowd, South African news site SowetanLIVE reported at the time.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

When it comes to exciting wide men, however, it's hard to look past those elite dribblers who rouse crowds and make full-backs fret.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

These alarm clocks have novel ways to rouse deep sleepers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

The 40-year-old Wawrinka must try and rouse himself on his Australian Open farewell after a gruelling five-set win in round two.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

For a moment Sam thought that he was trying to rouse Frodo; then he saw that it was not so.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

January is an odd month in the art world, as it rouses itself from its holiday slumber but struggles to shake off the sleepiness of the past month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

In Ridley Scott’s 1979 film “Alien,” the crew of the Nostromo rouses from slumber to answer a distress call that spells their doom.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025

Lamb’s equally misfit team are known in the Park as the “slow horses,” and Lamb rouses himself only to remind them that they are there to do nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024

In a middle car, J Herbert Sigmon rouses a dozing young man as the train glides toward Pioneer Square.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

His fingers go back to my hair and I doze off, but he rouses me to see the sunset.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

When she arrived home, she roused her partner to watch the England-Mexico World Cup match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

According to The New York Times, Hellerstein was seen falling asleep during a trial last year and needed to be roused by his colleagues.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Jones' performance was the type that can have a lasting effect on a fighter's career but he and Wood roused the fans on a night when the atmosphere was sometimes flat at the O2 Arena.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Seeing me, she roused herself: she made a sort of effort to smile, and framed a few words of congratulation; but the smile expired, and the sentence was abandoned unfinished.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

A couple of rousing performances in group play and a win over a third-place team in the first elimination game had the U.S. believing, had the U.S. hoping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

That’s not exactly the kind of rousing Churchillian attitude that fans back home are hoping for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Most are bright, rousing listens, even if you don’t understand Spanish, because their chords reflect the Romantic classical music popular at the time of their composition in the 19th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

It was in early 2024 that he gave a rousing speech to the Commons that some even regarded as the speech of his life.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

From its shadows, through the archway, she has an unrestricted view of the brothers as they bring the performance to its rousing close.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison