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The sell-out race, which sees around 300,000 fans gather in north-west France, was a soporific event in 2025, with fewer incidents and accidents between the 62 cars which began the race than usual.

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The change has been introduced after a soporific race in 2024 that followed years of growing concerns about the tendency towards uneventful grands prix on the historic streets on the Cote d'Azur.

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He talked about it in his soporific acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention:

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Musty retreads of Ibsen and Chekhov, besides being counter to the maverick spirit of their play, can be soporific endurance tests.

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It’s so effective a soporific that most nights I struggle to read for more than 10 minutes, which is both satisfying and maddening.

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