Example Sentences

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While two— Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia —have eked out gains of less than 1%, others are roaring ahead.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It isn’t perfect symmetry—Indiana football was much more desolate than Nebraska hoops, and now the Hoosiers are roaring atop college football entering Friday’s playoff semifinal against Oregon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

It's a giant and complicated jigsaw puzzle of 130 separate track panels - not something that can be done when trains are roaring up and down.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Not as long as the team is winning and fans are roaring and history is happening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022

But my dragons are roaring in the darkness.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin