wake
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Yet in the wake of those episodes, the reigning Greek powers of the day, Athens and Sparta, did more or less as the Persians had done.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Letterman brought us back to ourselves in the wake of 9/11.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Pratt, 42, launched himself into politics in the wake of the January 2025 Palisades fire, voicing his fury over an empty reservoir, broken-down fire trucks and the destruction of his own home.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
He was a major architect of the Dodd-Frank Act, which created new regulatory bodies and tightened restrictions on banks in the wake of the 2008 Great Recession.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
“Maybe when you wake up,” Theo begins, but I interrupt him again.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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