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catnap

noun as in nap

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On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.

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It should be noted that the Fourth Estate doesn’t merely cover for Mr. Biden on trivial matters like his propensity for catnaps.

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And although it is possible to take catnaps during the daytime, our inclination is to want to sleep when it is night.

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Most frustrating, she said, was the lack of communication from state and local officials as she and her husband took turns catnapping overnight in their Mazda.

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Some marine mammals sleep while swimming and some seabirds catnap while flying, letting one half of the brain doze while the other keeps working.

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