bedtime
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No legislature debated whether two hours was the correct limit or midnight the correct bedtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For example, a programme in which prisoners could read bedtime stories to children, as well as a rehabilitation scheme involving a TV channel run by inmates.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Both of our husbands traveled for work a lot, so Scott and I spent hours together, especially before bedtime and during the “witching hour” with our little ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
They “didn’t want to stop,” said Sammy Linden, assistant director of teen girls, adding that the teens played until about 10 p.m. when she had to cut it short for bedtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The three of us stay up far past my bedtime, and I can already tell my mom and dad won’t expect me to go to school again tomorrow.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Meanwhile, New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a tongue-in-cheek executive order "temporarily repealing bedtimes" to encourage children to watch the late-night games.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Short sleep and later bedtimes strengthened the relationship between screen time and cardiometabolic risk.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025
Leskin suggests rebuilding family routines as much as possible, including regular meal and bedtimes, to help regain the sense of control that has been lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
Today, I still purchase physical comics to support my local comic shop, but I read most issues digitally, with my babies cradled close after bedtimes.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
Even when he stayed at the hospital past their bedtimes, they could feel his darling drifting comfortably around them.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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