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  • present participle of awaken.
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awakening

[uh-wey-kuh-ning] / əˈweɪ kə nɪŋ /


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If the Tisza majority expects Baka to be a tame president, they may get a rude awakening.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Cservenka and OSU colleagues Julia Donner and Alexia Obrochta focused on what is commonly known as CAR, or the cortisol awakening response.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

In recent months, he’s posted about the Bible, launched a religious merch line and spoken about his religious awakening on the podcast circuit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

When he suddenly arrives, he shares with Izzy the revelation of his spiritual awakening.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

On awakening each one had the juice of forty oranges, eight quarts of coffee, and thirty raw eggs.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

When sleep is repeatedly disrupted by frequent awakenings, shorter sleep duration, or pauses in breathing, the cardiovascular system loses critical recovery time.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2026

A 2014 study that looked at the sleep diaries of 592 adults without sleep disorders found an average of 1.4 awakenings per night.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2025

If there was hope, and belief, that this type of performance was maybe behind them, then this was the rudest of rude awakenings.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2025

These folks are never going to play Wembley, but their musical awakenings expand them as people and bond them as family.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2023

There had been a time when I’d loathed such rude awakenings.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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