siesta
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“It looks like the siesta time of day,” said Carle, science director of the nonprofit Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
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
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
By donating money, people can trigger loud noises, alerts, flicker lights, or make things happen in a room to disturb the streamer from their siesta.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
“No, no, niña, you sleep in here with us. The hammock is fine for taking a siesta during the day, but at night it’s better if you’re inside, away from animals and bugs.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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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