woke

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Bill Cody, the Grand Ole Opry and longtime WSM Radio host who woke up listeners with his velvet voice and country music lore, has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

When Kevin Lavan woke up at around 3 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She believed that until New Year's Day last year, when she woke to blue flashing lights.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The boy's bed was empty when his roommates woke up in a dormitory at the seaside camp in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

When it reached the ceiling, I woke up.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff