nodding off
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Drowsy driving isn’t just the act of nodding off at the wheel.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
The watchdog said exhaustion was also a risk to staff themselves with some complaining of nodding off at the wheel on the way home and reports of staff dying in road accidents after work.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
“The city that never sleeps versus the defendant who keeps nodding off during the trial.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
For sleepy humans, nodding off can be inconvenient—say, during a boring lecture—or even downright dangerous, such as while driving a car.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023
I kept nodding off, shaking my head, until Mom finally said, “Darius, why don’t you go to bed? It’s okay.”
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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