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sleep

Definition for sleep

noun as in suspension of consciousness

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Bring whatever you like to ride in and sleep in at night.

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"There are times I've had to have a gas mask on inside my own home," she says, demonstrating how she now wears her mask to sleep.

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Two-thirds of the deaths were of people living in temporary or supported accommodation, while 169 were rough sleeping.

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Another woman told the BBC that her husband, who had been stuck in the storm, barely slept in his tent because he was afraid of being buried in the snow.

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In the absence of funding as it winds down operations, Marineland has now said it may have to put the belugas to sleep, according to the New York Times and CBC News.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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