- present tense form of awaken (3rd person singular).
awakens
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When Keanu Reeves’ Neo awakens, we are lost amid mountainous, industrial pods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Before leaving the village for the modern world, Yuru awakens Left and Right, two statues that have marked the entrance to the village.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 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
Excited at discovering this, he cries out with joy so that his wife awakens.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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