slumber
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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
“There was an incredible outpouring of support from all over Southern California, and we served hundreds of impacted families,” said Mathers, who wore a shirt at the slumber party emblazoned with “Camp Counselor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Bored into slumber by 8:30 or 9, I awoke instantly to the bell at 5:15.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
“I bet my sister would have loved to have one. She made Mom get a room in a fancy hotel so she could have a slumber party for her Sweet Sixteenth.”
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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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
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
Ghosts of an ailing industry surround Gravitricity’s test site: A supply vessel serving North Sea oil rigs slumbers nearby.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 22, 2021
After this one, he touches my solar plexus with his outspread hand, adding, “What slumbers in the heart is what slumbers in the stone, understand?”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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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
As Fatima fretted over the captain’s threats, daughter Ruma slumbered against her arm.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
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
Katz slumbered heavily on, an arm flung over his forehead, his mouth a great open hole.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Treasury debt is a slumbering giant that is starting to stir.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
My dining table is cluttered with mail, yet-to-be-shipped jars of homemade jam and, more often than not, an enormous, slumbering pile of Maine Coon.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 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
It took all morning to climb the ridge, and all afternoon to scramble down into the next valley, where a silent pine forest guarded a slumbering river.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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