deep sleep
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She simply drowns them out with the sound machine as she drifts into a deep sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Both deep sleep and REM sleep were significantly shorter, and participants spent an additional 15 minutes awake during the night.
From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026
During a typical night, the brain cycles repeatedly through deep sleep and REM sleep.
From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026
When the school holidays came she spent days in her bed in a deep sleep.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Luke turned off the lights and switched the television to a cartoon, and soon the boys fell into the sort of deep sleep he hadn’t experienced in years.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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