as in waked
to force (someone or something) to move from a place
The soldiers were rousted from their beds before sunrise.
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Verb
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When people woke from REM sleep, their cortex woke up in the same way, but without the preceding slow wave.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Weiss will never be woke enough for her critics, and that’s a good thing.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Beat a Jackson led-Ravens and the 2025 Dolphins will have awakened from a coma.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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After first being detained in New Jersey, Gómez was awakened in the night and flown to an ICE facility in Michigan on August 19, his cousin said.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Just as legendary as his triumphs have been his fist pumps, his reactions to good and bad shots, and his celebrations that roused the crowds.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Zelda’s barking roused Brunkow’s husband, Ross Colquhoun.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Alice Cooper discovered his love of entertaining in the Cortez High School cafetorium, returning to the Valley in the ’80s after finding fame and fortune as the rock star most likely to inspire sleepless nights for sheltered parents of Boomers Gone Wild.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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For generations, people have believed that the Moon has the power to stir up sleepless nights and strange behavior – even madness itself.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Kat’s goal was to keep me awake but unstimulated, so that when lights-out finally came, I’d be primed for deep, solid sleep.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That may seem early, but by that time, Ragan has already been awake for over three hours and accomplished more than most.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Tips to Break the Bedtime Screen Habit Dr. Verma, who was not involved in the research, offers the following tips to prevent wakeful effects from smartphones and get better sleep: Avoid screens 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Goode: Who among us doesn't want to have a nap gently guided by our wakeful rhythm?—
Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Rousted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousted. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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