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wake up

[weyk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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After so many years of going to work at 5 in the morning, we always wake up between 5 and 6 now.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

"Every day, I wake up wondering whether the situation will de-escalate or worsen," said Mustafa Mohamed, a 39-year-old Sudanese accountant in the Gulf country.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Mainstream party activists had better wake up soon to the threat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 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

Every time he passed he would stop and laugh at me, I’d wake up wringing wet with sweat and having an upside-down fit.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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