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wake

[weyk] / weɪk /
NOUN
formal observance of a body before funeral
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NOUN
trail behind something
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However, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Iceland's banking system, Reykjavik moved to start accession talks in 2009, only to bring them to a halt in 2013.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“But he still took an oath and he still has to wake up every day and be the boss of a quarter million or so unionized workers.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

It helps control the body's sleep and wake cycle, also known as the circadian rhythm.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Would seeing your house flattened by Hurricane Shell wake people up?

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

It helped me wake up a little and I looked around to see where I was.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

A self-described “workaholic,” Cook famously wakes up at 4 a.m. to read customer and employee emails, then hits the gym and badges into Apple Park when he’s not traveling for diplomatic meetings or supply-chain audits.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

“There is this extraordinarily false narrative that the president wakes up in the morning and calls me and says, ‘Todd, go prosecute X or Y,’” Blanche said.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Researchers calculate CAR by measuring cortisol immediately after a person wakes and then measuring it again 30 minutes later.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“He calls it ‘Byber-Man’ and as soon as he wakes up, he asks if he can watch it,” said Arlo’s mother Brianne, who lives in Pasadena, Calif.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

She wakes up weak, half her size, but alive.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Its name honored one of the first Old English poets, a 7th-century cowherd who was said to have waked up from a dream with the gift of verse and song.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2023

Since the Australian show — now in its third season — reached American audiences on Disney+ in early 2020, parents have waked in the night with the melodica-driven theme song on hyperloop in their heads.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2023

When he had more time to linger on the what-ifs, whether things would have been different had he just waked up earlier that Saturday and visited her.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2022

He has waked up the sleeping giant that is the Philadelphia Orchestra.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2018

We were waked up some time in the middle of the night by a clap of thunder and a deluge of rain.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

On an average day, we woke up around 6:30 a.m. and ate a small breakfast before heading to a set of two to five sites.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Ledsworth said he woke up to a flurry of activity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Spain's cherished tourist hotspot of Granada was in shock on Saturday after a rare 5.0-magnitude earthquake woke residents in the middle of the night and damaged buildings.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Activist Manuel Cuesta Morúa, 63, woke before dawn in his apartment in a Soviet-style block built in the 1970s in east Havana.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Another time, Danny woke up to find his ankles tied with Mrs. Garner’s craft ribbon.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Fed officials have now woken up to the inflationary part of the AI story.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

“Frankly, I felt woken up by this,” Gere told the packed crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

He added every day since discovering his role, he had "woken up and it's felt like an actual dream".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The Belgian's comments came as Jonas Vingegaard was woken at 02:00 and race leader Tadej Pogacar at 05:00 local time for tests before Sunday's stage - in which the Dane crashed and broke his collarbone.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

It was madness, extraordinary, impossible, he thought; he had woken that morning, pulled on his jeans, and slung his crows’ string around his neck with no inkling that he was going to an enchanted island.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

For the next couple of weeks, she’d couch surf until ultimately sleeping in her van, waking up early to wait tables at an oyster bar on Sunset Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"A person on board then used the ship's foghorn, waking the animal, which moved to another location."

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

What time do you get up on Mondays, and what’s the first thing you do after waking up?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

"They fly overhead, whether we're waking up in the morning -- at 7 am even -- or when we're going to bed, they're always flying about. So no-one's safe."

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

“So, why are you here, waking me up? Were you expecting me to say, ‘Good boy.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein




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