catnap
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It was love, yes, but also wanting a catnap because Hersh was still tired from his night out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
Some marine mammals sleep while swimming and some seabirds catnap while flying, letting one half of the brain doze while the other keeps working.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021
He was a freshman in 1950, catching a catnap in his dormitory between classes, when loud voices outside woke him.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2020
Shin remembers confessing to eating corn he found on the ground and to taking a catnap when no one was looking.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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