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Recent Examples of sleep in
The woman had two children who were sleeping in her home during the incident, authorities said.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Numerous people across western North Carolina are still sleeping in tents and campers more than 100 days after the storm hit the area in the early morning hours of Sept. 27.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Pumpkin sleeps in a makeshift bed that is composed of a trough, a dog bed, and an old Tempur-Pedic mattress.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
One 2023 study found that 24% of married millennials sleep in separate beds on occasion, with 19% sleeping in separate beds consistently.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Numerous people across western North Carolina are still sleeping in tents and campers more than 100 days after the storm hit the area in the early morning hours of Sept. 27.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Pumpkin sleeps in a makeshift bed that is composed of a trough, a dog bed, and an old Tempur-Pedic mattress.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
One 2023 study found that 24% of married millennials sleep in separate beds on occasion, with 19% sleeping in separate beds consistently.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
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Giles was deceased when she was dropped off at the hospital, while Cabrales-Arzola died eleven days later.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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New details have been released regarding the death of an 8-year-old Borger, Texas, student who was killed while being dropped off at school last week.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The photo-happy couple is still sharing snapshots of one another, with the Rhode founder posting a series of Instagram photos on Tuesday that included her musician husband nodding off across from her.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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As one mother nodded off, her eyelids heavy, a nurse came in and whisked her baby away.—
Bryant Rousseau,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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Last spring, the Today show reported that people were oversleeping due to silent alarms.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Season 3 penultimate and finale episodes ‘Getting There’ and ‘Jews on a Plane’ aired on Comedy Central in 2016, the first half featuring the duo in a rush to get to the airport after oversleeping, forgetting a passport and getting stuck in the subway.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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