sleepy
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But with nearly half of the roster sidelined because of injuries or resting, Adou Thiero at least tried to inject some life into a sleepy preseason back-to-back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The 2.4-gigawatt Rooppur nuclear plant, a $13-billion project more than a decade in the making, has transformed the once sleepy nearby village of the same name, bringing Russian workers, new businesses and jobs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
By the 13th day of using the oil, participants said they felt less sleepy after waking and more recovered from fatigue compared with periods when they used the unscented control.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
There comes a point in the life of many soups when they get a little sleepy.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
I could kick that stupid, sleepy version of myself.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
After next week, deal flow may slow during the usually sleepier months of July and August and pick back up again after Labor Day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As a shopping event, the day itself is sleepier, and the deals are available much longer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Cutting back on time in bed works partly through mild sleep deprivation, which makes you sleepier.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
While December remains a sleepier month for new book releases than other times of the year, December 2024 offers quite a few terrific titles, so many that it was difficult to choose among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
In hundreds of houses sleepy women woke sleepier children.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
"It is fair to say that this connection, prior to the war in Ukraine, was one of the sleepiest links between North Korea and its two neighbours," said Cha.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Time of day factors in because of our biological clocks; we’re sleepiest late at night and early in the morning.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
But in those places, it’s hard to remain grounded in the state’s soft beauty, most easily admired in its sleepiest spots like its fair capital city, Sacramento.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
Finally Dragon, protesting with only the sleepiest of whines, was picked up and deposited on the back porch.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
