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sleepwalking

[sleep-waw-king] / ˈslipˌwɔ kɪŋ /


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On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

At one point, Foster alleged that he told one executive that “WPP and GroupM have ‘been sleepwalking to the edge of a cliff and people don’t want to hear it.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

"We've been sleepwalking into this as a nation for quite some time," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

Aliens abduct me, and she pretends I’m sleepwalking.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson



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