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wake up

[weyk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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If you go into a deeper sleep then it is harder to wake up and you'll be super groggy.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Friendo, did you just wake up and figure out what decade this is?

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

“But with a nightmare I’d wake up with my pulse racing and think, ‘I’m OK, I survived.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Amy Kremer, president of a group named Humans First, says US conservatives need to wake up to what she called the danger posed by artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

We all agreed to wake up a half-hour earlier on weekdays to avoid the “morning tangle,” as Mom called it, and so far it seems to be working.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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