awake
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Tattoo artist Andres Hernandez said he was worried about his family and friends, adding that he would stay awake because structures around him were "on the verge of collapsing."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Patients who took Orzeyful showed improvements in staying awake, had fewer instances in which they lost muscle control and slept better at night than those on placebo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Or, finding yourself wide awake at 3am, brain whirring and no prospect of sleep.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
That night, her daughter-in-law stayed awake, scouring the internet for answers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
I sat up in bed, wide awake and shaking, and I had no interest in going back to sleep.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Ryan Gosling stars in the Amazon MGM film as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a sun-dimming phenomenon.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
When she awakes, he lies to her about what happened, and season one's cliffhanger ending leaves viewers with the strong impression that Ellie is well aware of the deception.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
When Phillips awakes, she’ll squeeze her eyes closed and try and coax the vision to return.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
“This color has a history of being quite attractive,” she said in an interview, “but I’m looking for a dissonance, something that also awakes or repulses.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Billy cried very little, though he often saw things worth crying about, and in that respect, at least, he resembled the Christ of the carol: The cattle are lowing, The Baby awakes.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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Satchell, who said the months at the Six Flags site were the highlight of her nursing career, told Dennis she’d awaked that morning sad to see it close.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
A few minutes earlier, Tangie Griffin had awaked to screaming; she was used to young Shaquem crying when he bumped his partially developed left hand.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018
Knaak said not once during this spell has he awaked wondering how to engage with fans that day.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2014
To longtime supporters, it was as if entire sections of the crowd had awaked from a 15-year coma.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2014
Later.—I must have fallen asleep, for I was awaked by Mina, who was sitting up in bed, with a startled look on her face.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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When that man awoke he called for help.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The next morning, while the former chef was still in Palm Springs, the filing states that she awoke experiencing severe hemorrhaging and drove herself to the emergency room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
I awoke in Washington on a recent Thursday the proud owner of a pair of Donald Trump’s favorite shoes.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
"This awoke not just Michoacan, but all of Mexico," she told AFP while surrounded by bodyguards to keep would-be assassins at bay.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
On Friday morning, March 4, 1881, after sleeping only a few hours, Garfield awoke to sleet and snow.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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GRENOBLE, France—One night last week, Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar was fast asleep on the shores of Lake Geneva when he was suddenly awoken by a knock at his hotel-room door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
An 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after being awoken by a bat on his nose and mouth.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
They were awoken by neighbours, who knocked on their boat door at 04:20 GMT on Monday.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
When she had awoken to the shrill scream of the smoke detector, she ran from room to room looking for him, for Lexie, for Moody.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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I do luxuriate in awaking to no news deadlines, playing pickleball when court fees are low and cycling to the beach on a weekday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
After awaking to his pet Labrador retriever “going crazy,” Huntington Beach resident Jim Sena went to check his backyard, where he spied a trio of raccoons.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
After awaking, he tweeted that he was fortunate he fell ill in Britain instead of in the United States.
From Fox News ● Aug. 5, 2020
“We are unwilling to spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasms of sleep, which often continueth praecogitations, making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome groves.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
And now Dawn took her own fair throne, awaking the girl in the sweet gown, still charmed by dream.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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