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awoke

[uh-wohk] / əˈwoʊk /




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On the morning of Feb. 19, I awoke to the fiery red clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Football awoke from its slumber in June 2020, squeezing the end of a season into a couple of months.

From BBC

When he awoke, he wasn’t shivering any more, and he was still clutching the Nanuak.

From Literature

But residents The Times spoke with said they did not notice the signs before leaving their vehicles parked overnight, then awoke to the nasty surprise of an empty street.

From Los Angeles Times

A freshman at Harvard, I awoke on March 10, 2020, to an email telling undergraduates to vacate campus.

From The Wall Street Journal