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wake up

[weyk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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HRC President Kelley Robinson said, “This moment should serve as a wake-up call to every American who cares about civil liberties: when journalists can be detained for covering protests, none of us are safe.”

From Salon

A sweeping selloff in software and services stocks should be a wake-up call for retirees.

From Barron's

Wales' Future Generations Commissioner Derek Walker said the announcement needed to be "a wake-up for the water industry".

From BBC

In a statement, Teamsters California co-chairs Peter Finn and Victor Mineros called the incident a “horrifying wake-up call for California policymakers who have repeatedly ignored the growing list of red flags concerning robotaxis.”

From Los Angeles Times

“This is a wake-up call for me,” Dad says.

From Literature