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wake up

[wayk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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Instead, he let Slim Shady learn a hard lesson that true southerners know: You lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Instead, he said, he goes to bed early so he can wake up and record his daily show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

We will probably not all wake up on Friday, Nov. 13 “squeezed to death.”

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“People in the U.S. need to wake up and not be compulsive,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Right? So now, when I wake up on Tuesday mornings, instead of thinking, ‘Ugh, I have to go to Professor Milton’s class today,’ I try to think, ‘Hey, I get ice cream after class today!’

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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