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are awakening

  • present progressive of awaken.

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Meanwhile, Martin Gruenberg, the chair of the F.D.I.C., will testify that regulators are awakening to the potentially cataclysmic consequences that the failures of midsize lenders like SVB and Signature Bank can cause.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

Ukrainians are awakening with the awareness that, however, this ends up, they are now living in a different country.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2022

The old gods are awakening, and the pollsters are sharpening their needles.

From The Verge Nov. 2, 2020

Whether that comes to pass, Hammet said the civic engagement that so many previously apathetic Americans are awakening to – participating in “deciding what tomorrow looks like” – is an energizing force with many benefits.

From The Guardian Aug. 4, 2018

We are awakening your people in great numbers; not to any great knowledge, but to the fact that they must make a choice, that there are two paths that they can follow.

From Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Evans, Robert J.