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awake

[uh-weyk] / əˈweɪk /






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"Even when we accounted for the fact that they were awake longer when sleep was shortened, participants spent more time being inactive than when they got adequate sleep," Zuraikat says.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

He tried to keep him awake, hoping he would stay alive.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

"This kind of predictive coding is something we associate with being awake and attentive, yet it's happening here in an unconscious state," said Dr. Benjamin Hayden, professor of neurosurgery at Baylor.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

The loop of nursing and diaper changes and sleeping and bolting awake to do it all again.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Could my laptop still have been awake, showing the Scrollr dashboard?

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

This is the stage set for the release of Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel “Yesteryear,” a satirical thriller in which Christian tradwife influencer Natalie awakes in an 1855 homestead with no explanation and no escape.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

Ryan Gosling stars in the Amazon MGM film as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a sun-dimming phenomenon.

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

When she awakes, he lies to her about what happened, and season one's cliffhanger ending leaves viewers with the strong impression that Ellie is well aware of the deception.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2025

But then they encounter an aswang, a Filipino vampire, who awakes in Farrah an ancient and terrifying power.

From Seattle Times Oct. 3, 2023

With the meaning of awareness, it became beodan in Old English, meaning “bode,” and bodhati in Sanskrit, meaning he awakes, is enlightened, and thus Bodhisattva, and Buddha.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Satchell, who said the months at the Six Flags site were the highlight of her nursing career, told Dennis she’d awaked that morning sad to see it close.

From Washington Post Jul. 16, 2021

Thibault has discussed playing Delle Donne at multiple positions, even admitting he’s awaked in the middle of the night with new offensive ideas.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2017

The hotel staff, realizing it had awaked a lioness, swiftly rustled up an empty room on the 39th floor, where Ms. Jones ordered up a bottle of Champagne and fresh orange juice.

From New York Times Sep. 18, 2015

To longtime supporters, it was as if entire sections of the crowd had awaked from a 15-year coma.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2014

Retired worn out; slept soundly; awaked by mate telling me that both man of watch and steersman missing.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

I awoke in Washington on a recent Thursday the proud owner of a pair of Donald Trump’s favorite shoes.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

"This awoke not just Michoacan, but all of Mexico," she told AFP while surrounded by bodyguards to keep would-be assassins at bay.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

The following day Buzzard-Quashie says she awoke in her car on the outskirts of Northampton feeling confused.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

Dharmendra Prasad, a 37-year-old taxi driver living far below the lake in the town of Rangpo Forest, awoke to a commotion, as townspeople desperately scrambled to get to higher ground.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

I awoke from a heavy, dreamless sleep to find myself lying on Francis’s couch in an uncomfortable position, and the morning sun streaming through the bank of windows at the rear.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

An 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after being awoken by a bat on his nose and mouth.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

But now that Big Tech has awoken to the fact that these companies can get them the power they want in a palatable time frame, the sector should fare better than it has historically.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

They were awoken by neighbours, who knocked on their boat door at 04:20 GMT on Monday.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2025

Each morning I was awoken before dawn by birdsong.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

I do luxuriate in awaking to no news deadlines, playing pickleball when court fees are low and cycling to the beach on a weekday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

The top orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, New York, Munich and elsewhere play popular concerts in parks, often awaking new audiences to their wares.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

After awaking, he tweeted that he was fortunate he fell ill in Britain instead of in the United States.

From Fox News Aug. 5, 2020

“We are unwilling to spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasms of sleep, which often continueth praecogitations, making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome groves.”

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2020

And now Dawn took her own fair throne, awaking the girl in the sweet gown, still charmed by dream.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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