woke
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Spain's cherished tourist hotspot of Granada was in shock on Saturday after a rare 5.0-magnitude earthquake woke residents in the middle of the night and damaged buildings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Activist Manuel Cuesta Morúa, 63, woke before dawn in his apartment in a Soviet-style block built in the 1970s in east Havana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
A couple woke to find a shirtless man in their hotel bedroom after he was mistakenly given a key card to their door, BBC Scotland News has learned.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"I just woke up, I had heard the door click, and sat up in bed," Hutchison said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
And sure enough, the next time I woke a little more completely.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
