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wide-awake

[wahyd-uh-weyk] / ˈwaɪd əˈweɪk /


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I’m grateful to have seen it in a theater, which it absolutely deserves; audiences planning to stream it at home should know that it demands and rewards wide-awake attention.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2023

Anthony Amsterdam was in California and wide-awake in the predawn hours on June 29, 1972, glued to the news as he awaited word from the U.S.

From Washington Post Jul. 6, 2022

On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2022

According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.

From Salon Jan. 24, 2022

I fall in and out of sleep but am wide-awake when my dad comes home in the early morning hours.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh




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