awakens

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The illusion awakens him to a new means of looking at “nature and culture, the given and the constructed,” wherein these supposed binaries collapse together and exist simultaneously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"We used to think of the time before the genome awakens as a period of chaos," explains Noura Maziak, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Glinda meanwhile has become the poster girl of the Wizard's regime -- a position that brings her privilege and popularity, but also awakens guilt and shame, stemming from her childhood.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

There’s a sense of being in a struggle together and the sense that she awakens something in him because he is much more compliant at the beginning of the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Then this vital force is merely smoldering, awaiting the time to flare again into activity when spring awakens the insect world.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson