siesta
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While it may not be realistic to have a siesta every day, you could try cooking some Spanish food, she suggested.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avoid an overdose of light.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
The entire town seemed to be taking a siesta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Partygoers use the promptu 'hose' showers set up by locals, or take dip in the nearby Buñol river, before enjoying a delicious Spanish meal and a well-deserved siesta!
From DOGO News ● Sep. 8, 2023
Every afternoon at about three, the She Elephant and the others took a siesta.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
These aren’t early-afternoon siestas or weekend catnaps; they’re something more unusual.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024
While some argue for a stricter definition of the phenomenon, others include naps, siestas, and brief nighttime forays as examples of modern segmented sleep patterns.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
People in Spain and Portugal should stop taking siestas and retiring early, leading German politicians and commentators repeatedly advised.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022
Midday, the smugglers were surely having their siestas.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2014
All the monsters with any sense must’ve been taking siestas in their nice cool caves.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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