hibernation
Example Sentences
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However, Kluh said she theorizes the Aedes aegypti might not have completely gone into hibernation during the winter and were ready to pounce at the first sign of warm temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Animal spirits are astir after several decades of hibernation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Read next: The Fed has gone into hibernation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Two months later, the Treasury concluded the economy was "in hibernation", with the sharpest fall in output for nearly 100 years.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
When Marti Peterson arrived in Russia, her fellow agents at the CIA's Moscow station were struggling to shake off a long season of hibernation.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
