as in wakes
to force (someone or something) to move from a place
The soldiers were rousted from their beds before sunrise.
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Melmo The stiffness of my jeans wakes me—almost icy in the predawn.—
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As the countercultural revolution begins, and music starts to change the world, Pearl awakens to a life beyond the one she’s always known.—
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The morning after giving birth, June awakens in her bed to find her baby gone; Bethel and Beauty are at the kitchen table in tears.—
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Thankfully, there's something to that old adage about felines having nine lives because The Jellicle Ball rouses Cats from its grave.—
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Hope rouses life to continue, to expand, to grow, to reach out, to go on.—
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“Rousts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousts. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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