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slumber

[sluhm-ber] / ˈslʌm bər /


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The S&P 500 index is showing signs of coming out of its recent slumber, and most of the signals coming out of the options market are saying a big rally may be imminent.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

And there is no shortage of “adrenaline-fueled thrill rides” that will put one into a gentle slumber.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Yet, as he dropped into slumber, he recalled Adaon’s dream and felt a shadow like the flutter of a dark wing.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

As the sun still slumbers early Monday, patches of dense fog are cloaking parts of Puget Sound and the southwest interior, including areas in and around Tacoma, Bellevue, Seattle and Bremerton.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2023

One hundred years old this year, on the south side of Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana, the pepper tree-shaded headquarters of Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. slumbers amid the bustling neighborhood he homesteaded and helped develop.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2023

As his successor Major Burns continues in the role, it is unclear how often his daily performance will be waking a monarch from his slumbers.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2022

The new Man in Black is actually a host version of William controlled by Charlotte, while the genuine article slumbers in cryosleep.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2022

Madoc slumbers in Cardan’s old room, and by my calculations, we have at least an hour before he wakes.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Hundreds of older people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Parts of him that had long slumbered were waking up.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2025

While RSV and influenza slumbered these past few years, society was learning an unprecedented amount about their behavior and the effect public health actions have on them.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2022

One could imagine that some reptilian alien slumbered away the eons here while traveling to the Solar System.

From Science Magazine Feb. 6, 2020

Now at peace, the man slumbered and lay still, but not his lady.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Treasury debt is a slumbering giant that is starting to stir.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.

From Barron's Oct. 29, 2025

Shortly before 01:00 BST on 16 October, the slumbering streets of Benwell were rent by the roar of an enormous explosion.

From BBC May 14, 2025

Before landing on the small ape of “The Legend of Ochi,” Saxon first considered a giant oaf and then something closer to the slumbering beast of Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2025

Wherever Harry went inside the tiny cottage or its garden, he could hear the constant ebb and flow of the sea, like the breathing of some great, slumbering creature.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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