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awoke

verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep

verb as in become or make aware

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Khrushchev awoke that morning—Saturday, October 27—feeling a little bit better.

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A Rip Van Winkle who slept through the last half-century and awoke on Monday, Oct.

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“The Makers shut me off, and when I awoke, my body was fixed and I was on this farm. Now, like all of you, I belong to Mr. Shareef.”

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At long last, it awoke the Dodgers’ lineup from its recent slumber, preceding another two-run rally in the eighth.

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When she awoke unexpectedly, he ran away nervously.

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