sleep
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However, such severe sleep restriction is difficult for most people to tolerate for more than a few days.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Sometimes I go to sleep thinking that I will wake up at home," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Those studies have shown that extreme sleep loss can increase appetite and overeating, factors that contribute to weight gain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
It links the brain to the spinal cord and controls breathing, heartbeat, sleep, wakefulness and movement.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“I live over through the sugarbush at Aunt Fanny Hamline’s. She don’t keep horses, so I sleep in the tackroom of her barn.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
State courts have repeatedly ruled that there is no single way to determine where someone lives, and judges must consider multiple factors, such as where a voter sleeps or stores personal belongings.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
He sleeps more easily now, but sometimes the harrowing moments he experienced underground wake him.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Don’t desert us,” said Dwight Gaines, 65, who usually sleeps in an encampment across from the now-shuttered post office on 7th Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
She says there are no English-speakers in her cell, in which she sleeps on a metal bunk.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
She sleeps in the cat box and does her business in the wood shavings.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
The study included 95 adults who normally slept between 7 and 8 hours each night.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Fans powered through a 02:00 BST kick-off gathering in packed pubs, while others celebrated quietly from their sofas, and a few woke up devastated to realise they slept through the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
"I haven't slept since this tragedy happened. I post pleas for help, for donations, I reconnect people. Everything is needed and I get thousands of messages," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
He went home and slept for 11 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
They saw him take a cot out on the platform and some blankets and, by Jehoshaphat, he slept there all night, getting up to add his secret potion every few hours.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Smelly outside toilets, muddy fields, day drinking and not sleeping might sound like a familiar festival experience to many.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
They feel as if everything is still shaking around them, they have difficulty sleeping and resting and sometimes they feel guilty for having survived while others have died.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
It also says never to buy a baby sleeping bag with a hood or without armholes, or one with excess material or attachments, and to make sure to buy the right size sleeping bag.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The detective noted the inconsistency, which Bušić attributed to not sleeping for “four or five days.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
A few people were picking through garbage cans, and someone was sleeping on a bench, curled up tight, and there was an enthusiastic game of basketball echoing over from the newly refinished court.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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