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sleep in

[sleep-in] / ˈslipˌɪn /


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"Morocco is late Friday night so you can just stay up and sleep in on Saturday. Brazil is the difficult one - that's coffee-your-way-through-work territory."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

I’d sleep in, then go for a run to the beach and run around Venice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

League commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t sleep in a van outside your house and ring the doorbell at 5 a.m. with an oversized, ceremonial check.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

When the alarms sound in the city, the two students no longer go to underground shelters, preferring a "good sleep" in the safety of basements.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Kyle and his teammates, along with all the other Library Olympians, were allowed to sleep in the next morning, because thanks to the surprise poolside contest, there would be only one game played that day.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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