sleep
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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
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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
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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
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"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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