awaken

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She saw the corporate demos as tools to awaken Xerox to the corporate value of the work being done at PARC.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Guardiola tried to awaken the visitors with a double substitution at half-time, introducing Nico O'Riley and Raya Cherki.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Maybe it will awaken a sleeping American public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Goalkeeper Pope had to make big saves to deny both Lucas Paqueta and Max Kilman, before West Ham levelled, but those warnings failed to awaken Newcastle from their slumber.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Maybe they were asleep and would awaken with the sunrise, a sunrise that seemed to elude us as we walked along.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall