wake
Example Sentences
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The closure comes on the same day that the National Police Chiefs Council revealed 300 people had been arrested as part of a crackdown on illegal trade, announced in the wake of the BBC investigation.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
As the military escalation faded in the wake of the agreement, traders rapidly removed the geopolitical risk premium in oil prices, said Salih Yilmaz, senior industry analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
“We’ll get into a fight,” she said, “and I’ll wake up to a Substack article about it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
If, as some say, the death of print is at hand, Mr. Wright has at least hosted a terrific wake.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Oh, I’d get close—so close that I could almost touch her with my hand, and then I’d wake up.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing wake
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act II
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