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sleep

[sleep] / slip /




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It could be a pitcher that blows a throw he could make in his sleep, sending his team home for the winter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mudd says since then he has been under enormous pressure and has lost a huge amount of sleep - working early and not finishing until 22:30 BST to secure his customers' systems.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

That has resulted in a slew of apps and websites -- from the Paris police website to a Pokemon sleep tracker -- going dark as developers work to protect their underlying code from hacks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Physical exercise, for example, promotes cardiovascular health and blood flow, while sleep plays an important role in memory formation and normal brain maintenance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

My eyes were still puffy from the lack of sleep, and the dust didn’t help, but I kept on cleaning: first the windows, then the walk.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

No one sleeps in a coffin and everyone seems to go out during the day for work or school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Emmanuel, the overnight caregiver, watches soccer on his laptop as David sleeps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The most recent 2026 China Sleep Health White Paper finds that while the average surveyed Chinese person sleeps 6.97 hours per night, 23 percent sleep less than 6 hours per night.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

New York is known as the city that never sleeps - and so it has been at this year's US Open.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Needless to say, she is terrified of Chucha, who dresses in purple like a bruja and sleeps in a coffin.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

A deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice, she had scarcely slept since her team clinched its historic $17-billion settlement with Meta in August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

They found that people who slept fewer hours generally drank more coffee than those who slept longer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

At night, they slept in bunk beds with only plastic sheeting over the mattress, and one very thin blanket.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

He slept rough and tried to find an agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Outside, Francey slept against the wall with his brothers, and Paddy the fiddler was snoring with his head on his case.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

"They were sleeping outside and showing signs of malnutrition."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

"It's not a five-star hotel, there's 30 individuals sleeping in a cell with one toilet and one shower," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Located deep within the brain, this small but essential control center helps regulate hunger, body temperature, hormone production, and the daily cycle of sleeping and waking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

According to Teymouri, authorities have video footage of Xuan walking through a room of the kids sleeping in rows and sweeping a flashlight, “like a warden.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

There was one raging now as the women sleeping nearest the windows slammed them shut against the cold.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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