wake

Example Sentences

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"The world is waking up to Zambia's copper. But Zambia has been living with copper and its consequences for a century," Muchena told AFP.

From Barron's

These same participants were more likely to solve the reactivated puzzles after waking, improving their success rate from 20% to 40% -- which was significant.

From Science Daily

Described as "a wake up call" that led to changes in public attitude towards the environment, to this day there is anger and debate over how the disaster could have happened.

From BBC

The fifth-generation farmer still wakes early each morning to tend to roughly 1,000 acres of corn and soybeans and 40 cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Impossible to say, but keeps me waking up early to look each day!” he said.

From Los Angeles Times