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awaken

[uh-wey-kuhn] / əˈweɪ kən /


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But to Dave Roberts, it led to a particularly profound personal awakening, helping one of the most successful managers in MLB history reconnect with familial roots in a way that goes far beyond baseball.

From Los Angeles Times

Why it’s vital: Unsettling but gorgeously realized, the series introduces a disquieting dread that encapsulates the fear of being closeted in a small community while acknowledging the bittersweet yearning that comes with an awakening youth.

From Salon

Generations follow fixed cycles roughly every 20 years, they claimed, and move through four stages of evolution: “the high,” “the awakening,” “the unraveling” and “the crisis.”

From Salon

I felt really awakened to my position in that web of creativity.

From Los Angeles Times

Eiding’s portrayal hints at a man awakening to his own loneliness.

From Los Angeles Times