slumber
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Perhaps he pictured a shared meal, clinking glasses and maybe a nostalgic movie on the sofa before comfortably sinking into slumber and loud farting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Looking at its daily chart this has lagged the energy complex since last December but I believe it will come out of its slumber shortly.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Nvidia’s stock has awakened from its slumber, clocking its seventh consecutive day of gains.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
She came out of her troubled slumber uneasy and heavy with longing.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Sunderland woke from their first-half slumbers, detected the growing anxiety around the stadium, and a sense of inevitability accompanied a thunderous 80th-minute equaliser from Brian Brobbey.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
As the sun still slumbers early Monday, patches of dense fog are cloaking parts of Puget Sound and the southwest interior, including areas in and around Tacoma, Bellevue, Seattle and Bremerton.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Ground squirrels don’t waste away during Jack Frost’s tenure—they manage to build muscle at the end of their winter slumbers, even with no fuel from food.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 26, 2022
"Awaken from your heavy slumbers, heedless ones, lest you be slain in sleep; awaken, for the walls are crumbling, and will crush you; awaken."
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2020
I slip down my face mask, and say, “So this is what you meant when you said what slumbers in here”—I touch my chest—“slumbers in here.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Hundreds of older people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The resulting slow leak happened while we slumbered.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
While RSV and influenza slumbered these past few years, society was learning an unprecedented amount about their behavior and the effect public health actions have on them.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2022
One could imagine that some reptilian alien slumbered away the eons here while traveling to the Solar System.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 6, 2020
He had slumbered through the worst of the hurricane.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Treasury debt is a slumbering giant that is starting to stir.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
That seemed to wake the slumbering Ducks, with Gauthier getting his second score of the game on a power play 37 seconds later, giving him a team-high 40 goals for the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
Shortly before 01:00 BST on 16 October, the slumbering streets of Benwell were rent by the roar of an enormous explosion.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The Joseph Bell tolled out its midnight message to the slumbering countryside.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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