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Recent Examples of sleep in
Kiwi can affect sleep in a few ways.
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Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
San Diego County is re-opening a safe parking lot where homeless people can sleep in their vehicles at an overnight location that is more permanent than many other homelessness projects around the region.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Newborns primarily eat and sleep in the first weeks of life, so fathers often struggle to find their role in those early moments.
—Essence, 29 Aug. 2025
She was killed in her sleep in an upstairs bedroom next to her best friend, Madison Mogen, also 21.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
San Diego County is re-opening a safe parking lot where homeless people can sleep in their vehicles at an overnight location that is more permanent than many other homelessness projects around the region.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Newborns primarily eat and sleep in the first weeks of life, so fathers often struggle to find their role in those early moments.
—Essence, 29 Aug. 2025
She was killed in her sleep in an upstairs bedroom next to her best friend, Madison Mogen, also 21.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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The man sitting next to me was beginning to nod off, perhaps succumbing to a post-cookie sugar crash.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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Watching the crowd nod off will destroy your confidence.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Finally the proper authority, who had overslept, showed up to unlock the gate.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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