waked

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We were establishing the dialect of Arabic that she was speaking and how it differed from the Egyptian dialect that Amr Waked was speaking as Farouk, her husband.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2022

Waked from slumber, Cloud, her parents and her sister ran to the safety of the front lawn just in time, but they didn’t have a chance to grab anything on their way out.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2019

His nephew, Nidal Waked, was arrested on a U.S. warrant in Colombia in May 2016.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2017

“I doubt it,” Waked says when asked if another Sharif will ever emerge.

From Time • Jul. 15, 2015

Waked by our morning voices, and the tramp of men below, he started up, but missed his footing on the long steep backward ladder and fell that height headlong.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer