awaken
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In this case, the interaction helps awaken dormant satellite cells, allowing them to multiply, mature, and participate in repairing muscle fibers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
"We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was here millennia ago," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Lestat is handsome and wealthy, with extraordinary powers and musical talent so undeniable that they awaken the queen of vampires.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
"The pope is maybe the only person who can awaken the conscience a little bit of all the people who have harmed this territory," local worshipper Giuseppina De Francesco, 60, told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
When I awaken in the morning, my siblings are already up.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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When Keanu Reeves’ Neo awakens, we are lost amid mountainous, industrial pods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The humble tomato, beloved by many yet scorned by some, slowly awakens from hibernation, reminding us that warm weather, spent indulging in fresh salads and produce-filled sandwiches, is almost here.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 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
"But when someone encounters us... when our message touches something deep within them, when it awakens the peace that has always lived quietly in their own heart -- something sacred begins to unfold."
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
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
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Who has not awakened from a bad dream trying for those frightening moments to clear their heads and sort out what they dreamed versus what is real, or at least true?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Higazi Shawer al-Tamimi, 70, a shopkeeper who plays a leadership role in the neighbourhood, said he was awakened at 1:00 am by soldiers and a senior officer who said he had to leave.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
One morning this past July, I was awakened at 4 a.m. by my pager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
His folk-singer brother first awakened his interest in politics while being "asked to leave" grammar school for "messing about" deepened his dislike of authority.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
If I dozed for a minute, I was awakened by Miss Havisham’s cries, and by her running at me with all that height of fire above her head.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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His “return to tradition” was a last-minute awakening, when he was forced to confront all the harm he had done and the miserable life he had led.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
She was said to have provided an intellectual awakening of music on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“In my mind, that was the great awakening nationally for private label,” Volpe said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“She has a rude awakening when it comes to trying to re-enter the job market,” showrunner Ben Kronengold said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Each time his fears at awakening were so identical that he did not doubt but what these dreams were the same.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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