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[sleep] / slip /




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At first, he wondered whether sleep apnea might be responsible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

It puts me to sleep and I inevitably switch it off.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

"The athletes cannot perform if they don't sleep good, the athletes cannot perform if they don't have good transportation," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

"He was also out the night before and wouldn't have had much sleep, and she didn't think he would have charged his phone enough."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

I made a fire, set up a gentle, peaceful camp, and went to sleep for four hours.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

EEG measurements can reveal much more than how long someone sleeps or how often they wake up.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Anna-Louise Dearden, a 52-year-old journalist, says she sometimes sleeps in a separate room from her partner due to his snoring.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

At night, he makes his bed on it and sleeps in the open.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

State courts have repeatedly ruled that there is no single way to determine where someone lives, and judges must consider multiple factors, such as where a voter sleeps or stores personal belongings.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Sliding into my shoes, I sneak out of my room, heading down to the first floor, to the recovery room where Stella sleeps.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Her children slept in hammocks, and her “very capable cook with six assistants” served them 15 to 20 dishes a day, she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

He allegedly slept on the cement floor of a cell and told reporters that he was “not doing well.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hanna recalls that on the eve of her father's disappearance, she had a "bad feeling" - and had crept into his bed and tied his legs to her own with string while he slept.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The oligarch paid to rent out one of the private islands, where a reception was held and where guests slept.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

I slept fitfully for the rest of the night and woke up in the morning with more relief than disappointment, glad I hadn’t tried to make contact with unknown people at night.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“As long as someone is on the street, sleeping in a tent or whatever the case is, they’re not getting help,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Unlike past Games, there is no athletes' village in a bid to save money, with participants instead sleeping in temporary wooden units, on a cruise ship and in hotels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Horner said in his interview: "Would I consider Ferrari? I mean, Ferrari is the biggest brand in Formula 1. It's the dream. And arguably it's the sleeping giant of Formula 1."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

That pattern suggests the sleeping brain adjusts its blood vessels in response to changing neuronal activity and metabolic demand.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The day they reached Grandpa’s store, Papa was just about all in and had his mind set on sleeping in one of Grandma’s feather beds.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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