awaken to

In doing so, proponents of the NCM argued, China could awaken to its full potential, free itself from foreign subjugation, and emerge from the deplorable social, economic, and political conditions of the past and present.

“It is high time to awaken to securing the state of peace, in other words, to strengthen ourselves.”

This week, Ms. Rivera said she has awaken to find about a third of her car battery drained from the overnight cold.

Still, on most days now, we can awaken to the sight of mountains.

"It happens inch by inch, individual by individual, until enough of us awaken to the realization that diversions we once anticipated with a child's buzzy glee are slightly altered versions of the same increasingly mediocre commodity."