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also awaked
1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoke
Yet inwardly, psychologically, something new awoke inside Caldwell.
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Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.
—Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke to another air traffic tragedy this week.
—Robert Poole, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the other residents awoke to the sounds of a struggle coming from the girl's room and took down Fordyce.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
On a beach in Mexico, the Minutemen awoke to pain.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2026
The colonists awoke from their dream of lucrative plantations to find churches in ashes and molasses cauldrons rusting in the grass.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
As crews plowed Twin Cities streets Monday, hundreds awoke to find their vehicles missing.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.
—Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke to another air traffic tragedy this week.
—Robert Poole, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the other residents awoke to the sounds of a struggle coming from the girl's room and took down Fordyce.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
On a beach in Mexico, the Minutemen awoke to pain.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2026
The colonists awoke from their dream of lucrative plantations to find churches in ashes and molasses cauldrons rusting in the grass.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
As crews plowed Twin Cities streets Monday, hundreds awoke to find their vehicles missing.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoke
Verb
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Moderate shaking woke residents near the epicenter and was strong enough to break dishes, while light tremors rippled across the broader Bay Area.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of Oracle workers woke Tuesday to an email from their employer informing them that their jobs had been cut with immediate effect, in what appears to one of the largest mass layoffs in the tech giant’s history.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days, but beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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Cynthia Trevino, a resident for 27 years, said she’s been awakened at 3 and 4 in the morning by planes that fail to follow the airport’s voluntary noise abatement program.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Awoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoke. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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