wake up
Example Sentences
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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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