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At one point, cameras appeared to catch the Jets’ head coach, Aaron Glenn, nodding off.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026 Now the image is body-cam footage of a puffy-eyed 50-year-old man hiccupping and nodding off in the back of a police car after another DUI arrest.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026 Toward the end of the performance sequence, editor Adam Biskupski cuts between the Vanguard stage and 25-year-old LaFaro nodding off at the wheel of his car less than a month later.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026 Instead of lab testing, our editors round up the best by nodding off and reviewing the industry-leading beds in their homes.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nod off