woke
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“In the morning, we woke up to a new reality,” Wilson wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The New Hampshire-born, Utah-raised artist was once a former shoe factory worker from Maine whose singer-songwriter journey began when he woke up one morning to Stephen Stills’ “Treetop Flyer” on his clock radio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I took some ibuprofen, shrugged it off, went to sleep. I woke up the next day absolutely exhausted, no energy, really high fever."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ghizlan Saad, a Bahraini mother of two, said the sirens woke her family in the middle of the night, "bringing back memories of the attacks, of the fear and apprehension".
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
When I woke up, Mr. Gibson and Mr. Weiss were talking to my father.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
