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waking up

adjective as in arising

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Whoever defaced the Kendrick mural in Compton must be waking up surprised that their scribbling prompted the opening salvo for the record.

Perhaps some Republicans waking up from their stupors and realizing this accounts for the fact that the fever broke yesterday for the first time since Election Day.

From Salon

The boy later called one of his friends, crying and upset, saying he had hit the driver and he "wasn't waking up".

From BBC

She recalls waking up lying on a settee in a completely different room, with double vision and her whole body shaking.

From BBC

As if on cue, the Dodgers scored five unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning, waking up the comatose Paradise crowd.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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