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wake

[wayk] / weɪk /
NOUN
formal observance of a body before funeral
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NOUN
trail behind something
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In the wake of Gillis’ most recent hosting gig, it’s been refreshing to see men in the entertainment industry call him out.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

“People in the U.S. need to wake up and not be compulsive,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

In the wake of a disappointing season, Jake LaRavia has changed the way he approaches games this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Wales has seen a series of major floods in recent years, often in the wake of powerful storms such as Dennis in 2020, Bert and Darragh in 2024 and Claudia in 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

When I would wake up, I would brood over it, and Dr. Kane has said to me more than once, “Maggie, I see that the vampire is over you still.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Previous searches for quark wakes often focused on pairs consisting of a quark and an "antiquark."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The mother of two said she still wakes up in pain every day.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But it’s also because there’s a substantial part of the human population that can’t quite believe it wakes up on a planet where Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Still, though it wakes up when we get to the storming of the Bastille, economically but effectively rendered, and, later the Reign of Terror, in between it can turn into a murky, mopey slog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

What if he wakes up in an hour and reads the note?

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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

He says Henry was munching on weeds when he waked up to him.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2019

She and her family were waked by alerts on their phone two hours earlier telling them to evacuate, which were followed by their property manager banging on the door.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2018

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018

When she got to the part about dying before you waked I put my head under the cover.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

The pope woke up normally after the surgery and was recovering in his hospital room, the Vatican said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A Times reporter in Long Beach said it woke up them up and terrified their pet cat, which hid under a dining room table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

A lawyer for convicted murderer Christa Pike says that she woke up in hospital "angry and confused" after she survived a botched execution attempt last week.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"A few days ago, they ran a compressor test with a big bang... even the children who were asleep woke up in fear," said Ali, a retired paper mill worker.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

‘I was out like a light till Mila’s snoring woke me this morning.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Several people have told the BBC they were woken by police in the early hours of Sunday and ordered to leave.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

For more than four decades, Yuk Wong has woken up every day at 4 a.m. and cooked bacon from before the sun rises until closing time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

If the next question is, why couldn’t the donkey carry the load, the answer is that Rostam had just woken up from his nap, and Samir didn’t want to upset him.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

A second successful challenge and strikeout — and Yamamoto seemed to want to challenge, pointing to his head — would have helped the Dodgers evade the waking nightmare of the third inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The possible implications go well beyond feeling more alert after waking up.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

"He caught up quickly because he devoted his whole life to it, for every waking hour and then some."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

He spends every waking hour trying to shrink things to their smallest possible size without losing their functionality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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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