sleeper
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He tells the BBC's Sliced Bread podcast that most people fall into one of three categories of sleeper: side, back or front.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Thompson, a rookie who ran the fastest 40-yard dash in the NFL scouting combine, has impressed with his speed and could be a sleeper contributor in space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Brennan’s head, Michael Waldman, called it “the sleeper issue of 2026,” and it “may be bigger than I realized.”
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
We washed and folded each shirt, each jumpsuit, each sleeper.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
For side sleepers the key measurement is the width of your shoulders.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Patel called the Nature paper “an important study” because the participants were actively experiencing medical conditions that can affect sleep, such as insomnia, and said “we need more” research on how wearables affect irregular sleepers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"Our study suggests there may be different biological pathways between long and short sleepers that lead to the same outcome, late-life depression, and we shouldn't treat them the same way."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
They spoke in the quietest of whispers; neither wanted to wake the other sleepers.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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