wide-awake
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I’m grateful to have seen it in a theater, which it absolutely deserves; audiences planning to stream it at home should know that it demands and rewards wide-awake attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Anthony Amsterdam was in California and wide-awake in the predawn hours on June 29, 1972, glued to the news as he awaited word from the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2022
According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
Soon enough you’ll be looking for a happy, wide-awake emoji with stars in its eyes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
If I wanted to wake her, all I’d need to say is “Oprah” and she’d be wide-awake, hollering for her Coke-bottle glasses and for me to turn on the TV.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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