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awoke

verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep

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verb as in become or make aware

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He was unconscious for about 20 minutes, he said, and groggily awoke to what sounded like chanting: “One, two, three, four, five” — long breath — “one, two, three, four, five.”

From Los Angeles Times

When she awoke, her son was gone, she told investigators.

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Haylie Ross awoke to yelling and someone pounding on her dorm room door.

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Stella Thompson, 13, was in a cabin on higher ground at the camp when storms awoke her early on Friday.

From BBC

When he finally awoke, Arenas still couldn’t speak.

From Los Angeles Times

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