siesta
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Have an early breakfast, an afternoon siesta while it's very hot and then a late dinner.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“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
The sticky sweat of the unwanted siesta aroused the scars of the sores in his armpits.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
“You need lightweight stretchy polyester for pilgrimages — for riding, walking, dancing, siestas in the grass.”
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
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
Everyone took siestas to avoid the worst heat of the day.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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