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awoke

American  
[uh-wohk] / əˈwoʊk /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of awake.


awoke British  
/ əˈwəʊk /

verb

  1. a past tense or (now rare or dialectal) past participle of awake

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However, Askmana manager Sunday Awoke said, “Olam does not know the farmers. We buy from the farmers and sell directly to Olam, and no assessment against deforestation takes place.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Juniors Andy Ramirez and Owen Pottenburgh, as well as seniors John Awoke and Braelen Cage, provide the role player spark that often ignites the Hawks.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

“Just being outside is a workout today,” Arianna Gaujean, 18, said while browsing the sale rack at Awoke Vintage in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021

According to Piers Morgan – and Wide Awoke does not relish opening with those words – Harvey Weinstein believes he will eventually be forgiven by Hollywood.

From The Guardian • May 1, 2018

Awoke, not to the chiming voices of happy children as they cried "Wish you Merry Christmas", but to the notes of the bugle calling us to be ready to move.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd