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awake

adjective as in conscious; alert

verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep

verb as in become or make aware

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Now awake and aware of the need to eat, we walk the old stone to Sobrino de Botín, “It is one of the best restaurants in the world,” according to Hemingway, who immortalized the place.

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The market is now “awake to the risks” associated with a drawn-out shutdown, he said, sending a message this week that it could start hurting corporate profits.

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I think I felt I was failing at that and that kept me awake at night.

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"I always sleep very well... we are really good protectors... the probability is really very, very low, so that's why it's not keeping me awake," said Vonk.

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My wife shook me awake at 2 a.m.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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