roar
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Sometime after 3 a.m. that July 8, the roar of the incoming surge jolted Santosh Adhikari awake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It gave me somewhere to put my attention that was not the news, and it gave a shaken city a place to stand together and roar about something that would not break its heart.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
And a split-second later the crowd saw it, too — their quiet rumbles rising to a thrilling roar, as if they knew what was coming next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Survivors from Nepal's flood-ravaged districts, some on stretchers, others gently supported by the shoulders, were airlifted to safety on Thursday as the constant roar of helicopters echoed across the devastated town of Bidur.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The noise grew louder, a pulsing roar that surrounded Jonathan, pushing in on him from all sides.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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
High energy was the vibe when McCann got on stage to wild roars from the 9:30pm early show crowd and his energy match, noting he was excited to be at the historic club himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
She zipped to The WSJ Money Interview in a Cadillac Escalade outfitted with an engine that roars like a race car and retails for around $180,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The dug-out heaves, the night roars and flashes.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
From some angles the jets appeared very close to the roof of the DHL Stadium as they roared over amid coloured flare smoke.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Naturally, the crowd roared as she dove bob-first into “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
He said hundreds of people survived only by scrambling up nearby slopes as floodwaters roared through the valley below.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the frosty early mornings or in the heat of the sun, when they were injured, or giving birth to their calves, or when they needed comfort as the Dragon roared, he had been there.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
KATHMANDU, Nepal—When a flood came roaring down from the mountains last year, Nepali engineer Santosh Adhikari narrowly escaped by scrambling to higher ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
There is no next opponent waiting in the shadows, only 80,000 roaring voices, a sea of green, white and orange tricolours and the final chapter of a transcendent career.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
While roaring fires and vast plumes of smoke proved spectacular, a more creeping disaster was also spreading: drought.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
They’d be in the cafetorium in the dark with the wind roaring outside, but safe, uninjured, with their bellies full from raiding the coolers and vending machines.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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