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awaken

[uh-wey-kuhn] / əˈweɪ kən /


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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

"Some officials in the United States still have yet to awaken from their escapist and anachronistic dream," she said.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

"I knew we were a sleeping giant that we needed to awaken in some way."

From BBC May 28, 2026

Daily, she would awaken as early as 5 a.m. to review homework assignments before beginning class at 7 a.m. at Hesperia High.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Doctors lacked advanced medical tools, so a corpse was watched for three days to be certain it did not awaken.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The humble tomato, beloved by many yet scorned by some, slowly awakens from hibernation, reminding us that warm weather, spent indulging in fresh salads and produce-filled sandwiches, is almost here.

From Salon Apr. 6, 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

Our dogs should be eating “real” food, they say, ideally raw meat—an “ancestral diet” that awakens their inner wolf.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

Glinda meanwhile has become the poster girl of the Wizard's regime -- a position that brings her privilege and popularity, but also awakens guilt and shame, stemming from her childhood.

From Barron's Nov. 18, 2025

The screecher awakens in her nest—is that what it is?—and listens to the night world.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

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

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

Martinez said he was awakened about 3 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Her mother, who’d wept half the night, was still in bed nursing the baby, so Lupita awakened Salvador and told him that food was ready.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Villarreal: Something that stands out with Agnes is we’re witnessing her awakening.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

“It’s the beginning of an awakening that it can happen—that the default model that you use will be an open-source model in the future,” said Michael Stewart, a managing partner at M12, Microsoft’s venture fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 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

I looked at him carefully now with some of the red spots fading and with the feeling that I was just awakening from a dream.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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