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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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She said: "I would wake up in the night trying to rip it off my face. I felt suffocated. I've tried every single mask going, but no, it's awful."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

One of Carl’s Jr.’s largest franchisees in the state has filed for bankruptcy in the wake of rising costs and competition.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

In the wake of the inflation report, traders scaled back their rate-hike bets: They now see a roughly 17% chance that the Fed will raise interest rates at its next meeting, according to CME FedWatch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

"If it's a curfew on companies using push notifications to wake someone up in the night, absolutely have a curfew," Prof Livingstone told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

And when I wake up, the mood in the car feels different.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

So, when Harvard-Westlake travels, one of his teammates wakes him.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

When she wakes one day on her Yesteryear Ranch seemingly in 1855 without electricity, modern medicine or her team of nannies, her throwback lifestyle gets all too real.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

He wakes up every single morning spoiling for a fight with someone.

From Salon May 21, 2026

Alejandro says he wakes up in the middle of the night, looks around and asks himself: Is all this really happening?

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

The sound of the front door slamming wakes me up.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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

Every morning, before most of the surrounding world has waked up, P.J.

From Washington Post Nov. 5, 2019

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

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2018

Then, looking at me with open eyes, as of one waked from sleep, she said simply:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"I woke up this morning and I didn't have to carry my ID anymore," Maria Jesus Walda, a 34-year-old civil engineer, told AFP as she headed into Gibraltar.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

"It woke my kids up from the bedroom upstairs and one of them said they thought they could hear a pig squealing because of the noise I was making."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Wilber woke up extra early on the morning of June 24, around 15 minutes before the guards came knocking at 4 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

“We woke up to a very different world,” Orcel told Nicolai Tangen, the podcast host and CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

“I’m trying to tell you Calvin just woke up. He’s going to be okay . . . and he’s asking for you.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The All Stars won, but learned Monday that Krug had gone to sleep and never woken up.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Claudia Viviane, a 60-year-old resident of the favela, told AFP she had been woken up by the sound of gunfire.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

“Now that I see the replays,” Huffington said, “I’m surprised I wasn’t woken up by the cheers.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Thirty kilometres from the district headquarters, the vegetable market at Atarra was already winding down before most cities had properly woken up.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

She opened the door to the household, woken by her screams, and a search ensued.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

Matthew Rhys and Stephen Root lead Apple TV’s series set on a New England isWeland that’s waking up just in time to greet tourists with strange supernatural events.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

In contrast, others across the political spectrum are waking up to this new reality.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

C.K. riffs at length about the bags under his eyes, the existential terror of waking up and the absurdity of putting his father in a retirement home.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Over Christmas, he landed in the emergency room after waking up with a swollen face and tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The tiny electric stings felt like a sleeping limb waking up.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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