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wake up

[wayk-uhp] / ˈweɪkˌʌp /




















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You wake up worried about the world—what fresh horrors have transpired overnight?

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

“We still think it’s all a nightmare. We will probably, you know, wake up and he will come back,” Hossen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

I wake up, fall out of bed, drag a comb across my head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sometime later, Jason arrives and demonstrates a knack for reviving from naps the average human wouldn’t wake up from.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

He would just wake up with kind people, people who believed in magic.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova


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