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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes
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Recent Examples of awaken
Los Angeles in the fall awakens the senses.
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
In addition to awakening her creativity, the potion also unleashes a number of dark monsters that inhabit her subconscious, one of which is her mother, who appears transformed into a hairy monster that Mia is forced to confront.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Schwarber passed it in his way in the fourth inning with one prodigious swing that awakened these Phillies.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Pops of color are proof that the garden is awakening from a long cold snap.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
In addition to awakening her creativity, the potion also unleashes a number of dark monsters that inhabit her subconscious, one of which is her mother, who appears transformed into a hairy monster that Mia is forced to confront.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Schwarber passed it in his way in the fourth inning with one prodigious swing that awakened these Phillies.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Pops of color are proof that the garden is awakening from a long cold snap.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
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In the new Indonesian horror flick The Elixir, a new herbal potion concocted by a traditional medicine doctor accidentally wakes the dead, and now all Hell is breaking loose.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Weiss will never be woke enough for her critics, and that’s a good thing.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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When Fuller awakes several hours later, her head has been shaved, she’s covered in antihistamine cream, and she’s tied up in a basement.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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By any definition, San Diego FC’s debut season has been a rousing success.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
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The development could set the two party leaders in the House up for a rousing debate over the government shutdown, which entered its 15th day on Wednesday.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Awaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaken. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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