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wakes (up)

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present tense third-person singular of wake (up)

as in zips (up)

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This hubbub somehow awakens the mysterious powers of the titular compass, transporting the twosome to ‘Golden City’ in China, modeled after the Forbidden City, where a storyline based on Chinese mythology is about to get going.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The 12-year-old student council member spoke about how the shofar, the ram’s horn blown during High Holy Days, awakens Jews to reflect on and reaffirm their beliefs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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Research also shows Mānuka stimulates keratinocytes—the cells that make up about 90 percent of the skin’s surface—to proliferate and migrate faster.

— Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026
Muscle is what puts tension on the bones — good tension that stimulates bone cell turnover, Prather says.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026

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More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.

— Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025

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While preparing for a trip, he is rendered unconscious using knockout gas and awakes to find himself inside a perfect recreation of his own home, but this one is located in a mysterious settlement known as The Village.

— William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Just at that moment, Jamie — our dream lover in every sense — awakes with a jolt.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

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The first is whether Phase 1 energizes anywhere near its early 2028 target.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Auspicious Jupiter energizes your 3rd House of Communication while imaginative Neptune harmonizes from your 11th House of Friends and Community, making ideas, introductions, and pitches flow more easily.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

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