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1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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as in waked
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoke
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.
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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
The data gleaned from those devices was then used to create a sleep regularity index from (SRI) from 0-100 based on variability in bedtime, wake times, sleep duration, and how many times someone awoke during the night.
—New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
While most Americans either followed the tallies into the bleary-eyed early-morning hours or awoke to news of Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat, people in much of the world were in daytime work mode when the race was called.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Residents of parts of upstate New York and Vermont awoke to winter-like weather Thursday morning, including the earliest a foot of snow has fallen in the higher elevations of the Green Mountain state in 14 years.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Series creator Ryan Murphy explains to Variety that the real Lois was the one who awoke from her coma, and that everything in the season’s first six episodes was a dream.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
The storm hit the Blue Ridge Mountains with an intensity that no meteorologist had anticipated, and sleeping Virginians awoke to find their houses buried in muddy boulders or floating down what had previously been trickling streams.
—Justin McBrien / Made By History, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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
The data gleaned from those devices was then used to create a sleep regularity index from (SRI) from 0-100 based on variability in bedtime, wake times, sleep duration, and how many times someone awoke during the night.
—New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
While most Americans either followed the tallies into the bleary-eyed early-morning hours or awoke to news of Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat, people in much of the world were in daytime work mode when the race was called.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Residents of parts of upstate New York and Vermont awoke to winter-like weather Thursday morning, including the earliest a foot of snow has fallen in the higher elevations of the Green Mountain state in 14 years.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Series creator Ryan Murphy explains to Variety that the real Lois was the one who awoke from her coma, and that everything in the season’s first six episodes was a dream.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
The storm hit the Blue Ridge Mountains with an intensity that no meteorologist had anticipated, and sleeping Virginians awoke to find their houses buried in muddy boulders or floating down what had previously been trickling streams.
—Justin McBrien / Made By History, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Awoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoke. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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