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awaken

[uh-way-kuhn] / əˈweɪ kən /


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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

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

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

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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