Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 10 May 2026 In the wake of her divorce, Showvay reached out to her longtime friend — and high school boyfriend — Billy Oliver, who was navigating his own loss after the death of his fiancée and his father.

In the wake, or aftermath, of a death, it's traditional in many cultures to hold a wake, a vigil for the dead. There's a third meaning of wake, too, you know: it's the waves that a boat leaves behind as it slices through the water.

Choice schools in Wake County include Magnet schools —which also offer Early College high school s and Crossroads Flex High School —as well as year-round schools.

It includes a proposed increase of $25.3 million in local funding, as well as strategic spending reductions to balance the budget. The budget proposal has been sent to the Wake County Board of Commissioners for consideration. A final budget is expected to be approved on June 1.

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Grammar Wake, wake up or awaken? Wake and wake up are verbs which mean ‘stop sleeping or end someone else’s sleep’. They are used in everyday language. …

Only wake is used in the sense "to be awake," as in expressions like waking (not wakening) and sleeping, every waking hour. Wake is also more common than waken when used together with up, and awake and awaken never occur in this context: She woke up (rarely wakened up; never awakened up or awoke up).