awaken

A fast, he insisted, was not blackmail but an act of suffering intended to awaken rather than coerce.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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

Sport mode will awaken a growl in the exhaust pipes but that’s not what pays the SL 680’s bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

She tried in vain to awaken love in them by means of the bird cage that Úrsula had built during the first reconstruction of the house.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The 12-year-old student council member spoke about how the shofar, the ram’s horn blown during High Holy Days, awakens Jews to reflect on and reaffirm their beliefs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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

The rise in energy prices awakens memories of the 2022 crisis, but the backdrop now is different.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 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

And he awakens and is fine for forty or so yards.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

"By putting your own life on the line, you awakened the conscience of an entire nation," Dipke, 30, said in a social media post, referring to Wangchuk.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Without realizing it, Kevin O’Leary may have awakened a new political uprising in Utah—one that could come back to bite the very lawmakers he partnered with for his latest moneymaking venture.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026

Iranian attacks have awakened the Saudis to the vulnerability of their energy infrastructure as well as the desalination plants on which much of the kingdom depends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

"He has awakened from an induced coma and is doing well under the circumstances."

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

I was awakened by a bite on the ear.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe

Like a mass awakening, labels and executives began courting them, making offers that were unimaginable just a few years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Cservenka and OSU colleagues Julia Donner and Alexia Obrochta focused on what is commonly known as CAR, or the cortisol awakening response.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

"Worrying", "freefall" and "rude awakening" were all bandied around in the immediate aftermath of the club's heaviest ever two-legged European defeat as new boss Wouter Vrankcen's tenure got off to a rocky start.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

When he suddenly arrives, he shares with Izzy the revelation of his spiritual awakening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Like an old cat, she slept more and more, some days awakening only to move into a new patch of sun and fall asleep again.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein