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also awaked
1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in waked
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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also awaked
or awoke
1
as in woken
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoke
Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2025
But the Sierra Nevada mountains awoke Saturday to a beautiful bluebird day with very little wind and lots of sunshine and powder.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
Last Christmas morning over 5,000 children awoke to an empty stocking — the bitter pain of disappointment that Santa Claus had forgotten them.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
Doe lost consciousness and awoke fully nude on his stomach with Combs raping him.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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
Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
In Texas, Reese Hamsmith awoke one morning in 2020 congested and wheezing.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
The next morning, Sitting Bull was awoken by officers knocking on the door of his cabin on the Grand River.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
Losing Soto also seems to have awoken Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman as well.
—Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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
Doe lost consciousness and awoke fully nude on his stomach with Combs raping him.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
In Texas, Reese Hamsmith awoke one morning in 2020 congested and wheezing.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, North Texans awoke Sunday to a ferocious blast of Arctic air with gusty winds to 40 mph.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2025
But the Sierra Nevada mountains awoke Saturday to a beautiful bluebird day with very little wind and lots of sunshine and powder.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
Last Christmas morning over 5,000 children awoke to an empty stocking — the bitter pain of disappointment that Santa Claus had forgotten them.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
Doe lost consciousness and awoke fully nude on his stomach with Combs raping him.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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
Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
In Texas, Reese Hamsmith awoke one morning in 2020 congested and wheezing.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
Last Christmas morning over 5,000 children awoke to an empty stocking — the bitter pain of disappointment that Santa Claus had forgotten them.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
The next morning, Sitting Bull was awoken by officers knocking on the door of his cabin on the Grand River.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
Losing Soto also seems to have awoken Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman as well.
—Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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
Doe lost consciousness and awoke fully nude on his stomach with Combs raping him.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
In Texas, Reese Hamsmith awoke one morning in 2020 congested and wheezing.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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