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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
David Bennett, 39, was awakened to the sound of a helicopter over his neighborhood.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
This could be seen as surprising, but at the same time, this film, without any human dialogue and featuring deeply kind and generous animals, must certainly awaken a need for love in so many.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The sun aligns with Mercury today, awakening latent talents.
—USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2025
Junie is a coming-of-age tale about a girl confronting a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost.
—Erin Crosby Eckstine, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
This could be seen as surprising, but at the same time, this film, without any human dialogue and featuring deeply kind and generous animals, must certainly awaken a need for love in so many.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The sun aligns with Mercury today, awakening latent talents.
—USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2025
Junie is a coming-of-age tale about a girl confronting a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost.
—Erin Crosby Eckstine, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awaken
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The public wants the economy humming, the border secure, and an end to woke lunacy — not tariffs and irrelevant indulgences.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
11 Mar. 2025
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On paper, the itinerary is similar to a yacht charter: Guests wake to a new location each day, and can explore inner lands and riverbanks, while avoiding train stations, hotels, or airports.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2025
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Pretty soon after, however, something remarkable started happening: Restaurants awoke from their decades-long productivity slumber and started innovating to serve customers faster.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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As this debacle of a season somehow keeps getting worse, the Heat awoke Tuesday in a sobering state: losers of eight in a row, 10 games under .500 for the first time in nine years and now 10th in the East, the final spot that qualifies for the NBA play-in tournament.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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There are some moments when The Actor does rouse with inspired romantic set pieces and funny reflections on the whole business of performing.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the polling indicates that Trump’s absurdity may have roused Canadians to something like normalcy.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Awaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaken. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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