sleepless

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Passengers touching down at airports in Australia, France, Germany, India, Russia, Taiwan and beyond told of sleepless nights and days-long ordeals to get out of the Middle East when war erupted.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Lee's brother Jamie said he felt shock and disbelief and suffered sleepless nights because of what happened to his mother.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

They simply show that a disciplined, diversified approach offers something rare in investing: higher odds of success with fewer sleepless nights.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

But, at the same time, they’re looking at enough of a payoff to risk a few sleepless nights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Lying sleepless on the floor one night, he watched as a roommate, a transport worker named Kang Chul Min, who was in his late twenties, got up and began mending his work trousers.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden