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wake up

[weyk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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"Sometimes I go to sleep thinking that I will wake up at home," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

“To really wake up the public — the General Assembly and Capitol Square crowd — we had to go to the direct democracy route with a constitutional amendment,” Owens said.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

We're the ones who wake up early, who come back home late.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

“We’ll get into a fight,” she said, “and I’ll wake up to a Substack article about it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

He needed to lay his chips on the table now and wait for the casino to wake up and change the odds of the game.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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