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[nap] / næp /




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But I was grateful for the assist since I had so little sleep on the red-eye flight that my Oura ring recorded it as a nap!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

As soon as it hits 9ish, my son needs a nap, so while he sleeps, Nakano and I go to a little playground, and I just let her run off some of her morning energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"That was quite the nap," she said as she emerged.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

They got seats at the back and Door promptly made himself comfortable and settled in to take a nap.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Some napped on a beach with their faces shielded from the sun by plastic bags or T-shirts, while others rested with backpacks tucked beneath their heads.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

One December day, as I napped in the car, my father pulled off the highway and headed toward Gettysburg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

She’s been to heavy metal concerts and a punk music festival where she napped most of the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

“I love this place,” Marion said in the space where a half-dozen other people napped and charged their phones.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024

When Phoebe reminded her that their mother had been lad- napped, Prudence said, “Oh Phoebe, Mom wasn’t kidnapped.”

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

In a separate room with bunk beds for napping, younger children sat on a pink-and-blue mat, captivated by a teacher reading them a story.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“With Finch, I improved most with eating, napping, and taking breaks. I was excited to check things off—and felt guilty when I didn’t.”

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

The seven-time champion got ahead of Verstappen in the first pit stops - only to be overtaken again the next time around, the Dutchman making a brilliant move at Turn One that caught Hamilton napping.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Simhony creates at least one fully AI-generated promotional TikTok post every day, often taking advantage of brief periods when her son is napping, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

He didn’t seem thirsty, wasn’t napping, didn’t have the sugar breath.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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