wake

Example Sentences

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"It did wake my eyes up," Crane said.

From Barron's

Fujitsu is "not a parasite" for continuing to profit from government contracts in the wake of the Post Office Horizon scandal, its boss told MPs.

From BBC

And the markets behaved just as contrarians expected in the wake of last year’s sentiment extremes.

From MarketWatch

But Wilcox knows quiet is not a word associated with the club and, in the wake of Amorim's exit and the search for a successor, he is in the spotlight.

From BBC

Investors also woke up to a simpler reality: Many large pharmaceutical companies are finally delivering on growth promises that had gone unappreciated.

From The Wall Street Journal