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rousing

[rou-zing] / ˈraʊ zɪŋ /


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The alliance has since been a rousing success that gave Filosa a boost during a period of disarray.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

After a rousing performance of Hello, Goodbye, the last moments of the show featured Colbert and Sir Paul backstage, turning off the lights of The Late Show for good.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Williams, 94, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday, which commenced with the composer’s rousing “Raiders March” played by the school’s marching band and accompanied by its blue-clad cheerleaders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Those relationships may be why the Maryland-based nuclear developer got such a rousing response from Wall Street.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

And when he closed with a rousing “As Flows the Rapid River”—and it wasn’t easy to be rousing with four sharps—she actually, really, honestly, truly clapped.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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