wake up
Example Sentences
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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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