awake
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“Everyone in the house is afraid now, and they’ve started forcing one member of the family to stay awake to protect the house,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
When the center’s Kristine Koh arrived later to evaluate the raptor, she was awake and alert — but quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The first one in and the last one out, with seven NFL championships built at an hour of the morning no camera was awake for.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Even when we accounted for the fact that they were awake longer when sleep was shortened, participants spent more time being inactive than when they got adequate sleep," Zuraikat says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
As soon as Opal fell asleep, the miller snorted awake, rubbed his eyes, and grinned at all the gold.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
This is the stage set for the release of Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel “Yesteryear,” a satirical thriller in which Christian tradwife influencer Natalie awakes in an 1855 homestead with no explanation and no escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
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
In 2013, the artists Sam and Toby Alden posted a web comic in which Jon Arbuckle awakes to find himself inside of Garfield, and Garfield tells him, “I’m Sorry Jon. I was so hungry.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Celia awakes to an ominous pattern of moonlight on her sheets.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
Peter Ricketts, formerly the head of Britain’s Foreign Office, said he had awaked to the news of Mrs. May “appealing to others to help her out of dilemmas of her own making.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Thibault has discussed playing Delle Donne at multiple positions, even admitting he’s awaked in the middle of the night with new offensive ideas.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2017
The hotel staff, realizing it had awaked a lioness, swiftly rustled up an empty room on the 39th floor, where Ms. Jones ordered up a bottle of Champagne and fresh orange juice.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015
“Who has awaked me? Who has broken the spell?” she asked.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
So, by the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 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
Americans awoke on Easter Sunday to the brilliant news that a second American airman had been rescued from Iranian territory after a crash last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
I awoke one morning in August to find Tyler packing his clothes, books and CDs into boxes.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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
Ifunanya Nwangene was asleep last Saturday morning in her ground-floor apartment in Nigeria's capital city when she was awoken at around 08:00 by a searing pain on her wrist.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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
Each morning I was awoken before dawn by birdsong.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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
Little Tokyo offered an architectural awaking for a young Frank Gehry, and Disney’s celebrated acoustics trace directly back to Suntory Hall, Yasuhisa Toyota’s first major project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Anwar McQueen, a star guard who played on the 1992-93 team, recalls an episode when he overslept, awaking too late to make the team’s flight to Vero Beach, Fla., where they were to play games.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
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
Finally they fall asleep, awaking only when three Hitler Youths in uniform report for duty early the next morning.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
