sleep
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She said: "My life's just started again. I can't wait to get to bed to go to sleep now."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Only half report getting at least seven hours of sleep daily or most days.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Catherine Turnbull, from Chippenham, was diagnosed five years ago with sleep apnoea, a common but serious disorder where breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Instead, the group representing sleep doctors favors permanent standard time, saying it aligns best with a human’s circadian rhythm, meaning your body’s natural clock.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
All I have to do is wait for everyone to go to sleep and then meet Grandma in the basement.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
State courts have repeatedly ruled that there is no single way to determine where someone lives, and judges must consider multiple factors, such as where a voter sleeps or stores personal belongings.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Don’t desert us,” said Dwight Gaines, 65, who usually sleeps in an encampment across from the now-shuttered post office on 7th Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Now I can look forward to ruining my sleep schedule, chugging iced Americanos, and screaming at the TV at 3 a.m. for a country I don’t live in while our national team sleeps peacefully.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
She has to wear a pressure garment for 23 hours a day and sleeps in a splint.
From BBC ● May 22, 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
The study included 95 adults who normally slept between 7 and 8 hours each night.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
They have slept since the fires in their camper van alongside their dog, Rocket.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
This lends an intriguing additional layer to Iago’s festering, consuming hatred: Even his own wife is a potential rival, in addition to, he believes, having slept with Othello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Dozens of people, from couples to families with babies, slept in hammocks and on camping mats at the Buttes-Chaumont park in Paris to beat the heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The cat slept, even as Orion lifted his ears and turned his nose in the direction of the feline.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Holly is already known to police because she’s in the habit of sneaking into the house where she grew up and sleeping there overnight, to the vexation of the current owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Potential impacts also include uncomfortable sleeping conditions, heat stress, forest fires, and drought.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
She and five of her relatives are sleeping in tents in the yard, out of fear of more collapses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The detective noted the inconsistency, which Bušić attributed to not sleeping for “four or five days.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
He made sleeping mats stuffed with rustling palm fronds, a table and two stools, a desk, bookcases and shelves for his science stuff, coconut-shell bowls, and seashell plates.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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