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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes
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Recent Examples of awaken
They were awakened by the noise of broken glass, which frightened his eldest child.
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
Neptune, our planet of imagination, awakens within the deep seas of Pisces on this day, too.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Juan Leo Salazar is on a mission to awaken a dormant political power in Maryland — the state’s conservative-leaning Latinos.
—Robert Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
The stark beauty of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic, part music hall romp, part abstract painting, was awakened in a production starring two gifted comics who didn’t overplay their slapstick hands, Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
Neptune, our planet of imagination, awakens within the deep seas of Pisces on this day, too.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Juan Leo Salazar is on a mission to awaken a dormant political power in Maryland — the state’s conservative-leaning Latinos.
—Robert Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
The stark beauty of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic, part music hall romp, part abstract painting, was awakened in a production starring two gifted comics who didn’t overplay their slapstick hands, Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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And then Larry Hughes walked down the hallway to wake his youngest son.Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Another political obstacle: The fossil-fuel industry has turned natural gas into a culture-war issue by bombarding Americans with the message that woke liberals are coming to take away their gas stoves and gas drilling jobs.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Losing Soto also seems to have awoken Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman as well.Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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When the victim awoke the following day, Combs was gone, and people who had been recording the assault handed him $2,500 in cash, the suit claims.Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The pair of McCartney's peers received a rousing welcome from the audience, who joined the former Beatles star during his Got Back Tour performance.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The fan participation was one of several moments on opening night, similar to, and more caffeinated than, the rousing crowd chorus that Harry Styles stirred up back here in November 2022.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Awaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaken. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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