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insomnia

[in-som-nee-uh] / ɪnˈsɒm ni ə /


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She was prescribed a range of medications for depression and insomnia as her condition worsened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Woods checked into rehab shortly after that incident, saying his efforts to manage insomnia and pain from his staggering number of back surgeries on his own was a mistake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Underlying stress about the attacks and the winter ahead has lately prompted bouts of insomnia until 4 a.m., while sleep deprivation has made work more difficult for her this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

"Worse insomnia, depression/anxiety, or the use of other sleep-enhancing medicines might be linked to both melatonin use and heart risk," Nnadi said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

They’re just not that interested in a fourteen-year-old girl with insomnia.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

He contemplated the black immensity pierced by a multitude of lights, without giving a thought to all the heavy slumbers, cruel insomnias, vain dreams, spoilt pleasures, and infinitely diverse miseries that a great city contains.

From Penguin Island by Anatole France

They prattled of the dietary and idiosyncrasies of their several insomnias as though they had been so many exacting pet animals.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 by Various




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