awakening

“In my mind, that was the great awakening nationally for private label,” Volpe said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 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

Rather than fuel the animosity, the Friends made Saturday more of an awakening than a protest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

The canines on these hummers were as big as the canines on any guard dog you’ll ever see, and that was a rude awakening.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Chronic short sleep, frequent awakenings or big drops in oxygen warrant a visit to the doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Vitamin D deficiency has previously been associated with sleep problems including insomnia and more frequent nighttime awakenings.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

A 2014 study that looked at the sleep diaries of 592 adults without sleep disorders found an average of 1.4 awakenings per night.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025

If there was hope, and belief, that this type of performance was maybe behind them, then this was the rudest of rude awakenings.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

There had been a time when I’d loathed such rude awakenings.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas