snooze
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"When you're old, you don't give a toss what anyone thinks, really, so you feel very free. You can have a snooze in the afternoon, and nobody thinks that's odd."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’s a sad but unsurprising fate, considering the most exciting upgrade—the snooze button—came in 1956.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
That’s no big deal if you’re going to binge movies or TV shows for hours or snooze the flight away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
About all they’re hitting is the snooze button — snoozing and, on Wednesday, losing 4-1 to the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
I huddled in my bed, watching Fig snooze.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
If kids can grow out of their pretend pals, so too can horror audiences of cynical snoozes like this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
In Rest Mode, the ring snoozes your activity goals and readjusts your scores to prioritize recovery.
From The Verge ● Nov. 10, 2021
Not really enough to disrupt outdoor activity, the rain seemed the sort to foster contemplation and encourage Saturday snoozes and somnolence.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2021
As the N.C.A.A. tournament rages in the foreground, the N.B.A. generally snoozes its way into April, with only about a dozen games remaining on each team’s schedule.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017
A demon no bigger than Cocoa snoozes in a cage in a corner, and blue-glass bottles of haints rattle on a shelf in the very back.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
A family of four adults on vacation happily snoozed in their pods with eye masks on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
I snoozed, and I lost: Not only did I not snag a seat in the actual courtroom, but the media-overflow room was the most packed it’s been the entire trial.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023
Perhaps I’m just a heavy sleeper, but I snoozed peacefully through the night, unable to hear anyone else’s snoring or late-night TikTok scrolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
Friendly, retriever-like Rainbow, surrendered by someone who could not care for him, snoozed in the adoption office.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
Seabiscuit snoozed behind an impenetrable wall of security.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Kiki will accompany the couple, who are currently based in Germany, at their shows before snoozing at home on the couch.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Thirty years ago L.A. firefighters found children sleeping in closets and babies snoozing in dresser drawers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
While some of you were snoozing off to the Oscars, I was giddy to see what happened when Dumper met up with Mariners star Julio Rodriguez in Team USA’s highly-awaited game against the Dominican Republic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
I climbed down a ladder to find my husband and 5-year-old daughter still snoozing in the lower bunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024
The bonobos snoozing above me were pretty well doomed.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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