fall asleep
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His strategy for staying calm was simple: "Stick my earphones in, listen to music and try to fall asleep."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“My sister and I would pull up a couple of chairs together and fall asleep while listening to the music in the Jalapa bar where we all lived together.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Thatcher’s warbly voice hangs in the air; tales of the Leatherman and lost daughters spinning around your brain as you try to fall asleep.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hot nights can make it harder to fall asleep, increase waking during the night and leave people feeling less rested the next day.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s his fault that she can’t fall asleep, she tells herself.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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