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Recent Examples of sleep in
With little other choice, the players slept in the bus.
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Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
Mischer died peacefully in his sleep in Los Angeles on Friday, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 12 Apr. 2025
However, officials don’t have funding to launch that part of the proposal, and in the near future the place should only be used for people sleeping in their vehicles.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Four men, including Crain, were sleeping in hammocks during the incident.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
Mischer died peacefully in his sleep in Los Angeles on Friday, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 12 Apr. 2025
However, officials don’t have funding to launch that part of the proposal, and in the near future the place should only be used for people sleeping in their vehicles.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Four men, including Crain, were sleeping in hammocks during the incident.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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There wasn’t much drop off, which is a testament to TCU’s recruiting and roster retention under Dykes.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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Peers who emerged in the same mid-2000s period have quietly dropped off the New York calendar—or out of fashion entirely.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Travelers who struggle to nod off on planes often find trains more conducive to sleep.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Architectural Digest staffers bring mattresses in their homes to get a real-life feel for the bed (aka: nodding off for hours) just like our readers.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 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 1 May. 2025.
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