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wide-awake

[wahyd-uh-weyk] / ˈwaɪd əˈweɪk /


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All that suggests that the case will keep jurors wide-awake during the six or so weeks it is projected to take.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

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

On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Zaritska keeps singing, lamenting her new reality — lying wide-awake at 4 a.m., taking life day by day and no longer having time for dreams.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

“It’s another warning sign. Nobody should doubt that St. Helens is wide-awake and getting ready to erupt.”

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis




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