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wake up

[weyk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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I always wake up between 6:30 and 7 because I have two Chihuahuas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

"Andy Burnham needs to wake up and smell the landfill," he said.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

"I go to bed and wake up thinking about how I'm going to pay," Claudia Debaste told AFP, referring to her credit card bill.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Presumably, when the games mean more and the three-peat-dreaming Dodgers — who scored only 10 runs in four games against the Brewers, three of which they lost — will care enough to wake up.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

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

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




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