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She says she was rushed to A&E but the staff member who was meant to be looking after her fell asleep in the waiting room for several hours.

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It’s not rare for “Bob’s Burgers” to be described as a “comfort show” — something fans can turn on to unwind or fall asleep to.

Mohammed Hajjaj, whose relatives were among the dead, told the AFP news agency that the site was hit by "heavy bombing" while people were asleep.

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"I could fall onto my bed asleep having been drunk - but then the alarm would go, I'd get up, pull myself together, and I would go to work," she says.

From BBC

“At one of those screenings, I did look over and there was a woman in the back row who was dead asleep. So you go, ‘Huh.

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

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