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wake up

[weyk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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His plan is to go to sleep Wednesday night around 8 p.m., after his young children are tucked in, and wake up around 1 or 2 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

“It’s been eight months. It feels like eight years at the same time. And it also feels like eight minutes because every moment that I wake up, I’m reminded of my reality.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

"When you go to sleep you don't know if you'll wake up in the morning," Angelina tells me.

From BBC Aug. 21, 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

“I’d wake up at night, bathed in cold sweat, reliving over and over again my experiences in the camps,” said Karl.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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