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The team believes this pattern reflects the brain's attempt to compensate for missed sleep by activating a cleaning process that normally occurs at night, even though doing so temporarily disrupts attention.

From Science Daily

Brooklyn also alleged that his parents had "repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name", weeks before the ceremony.

From BBC

My tone may sound alarmist, but it’s my attempt to be realistic, especially based on the number of letters I receive from and about stepmothers in this column.

From MarketWatch

"He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner," the influencer wrote in a post to his 16 million followers.

From BBC

Since going into exile in Togo, Damiba has been regularly accused by Burkina Faso's military junta of planning several coup plots and assassination attempts against Traore.

From Barron's