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sleep

[sleep] / slip /




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Thursday morning—hoping to maximize what little sleep he can.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Thousands of volunteers will use a specialist app and detailed questionnaires to record symptoms, sleep, mood, energy levels and overall wellbeing.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Ruby saw therapists for sleep and behavioral issues starting at age 9.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

But Ren said there are nights when his daughter refuses to sleep and tells him she's scared.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Every year, it woke Clare from sleep, a jolt of energy that tore through the forest and left him briefly gasping for air.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

“Now I can look forward to ruining my sleep schedule, chugging iced Americanos, and screaming at the TV at 3 a.m. for a country I don’t live in while our national team sleeps peacefully.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Created by Mindy Kaling, it’s set in New York, the city that never sleeps, not in order to party, but to get something on somebody’s desk first thing in the morning.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

That night, Sam sleeps in the cab of his work truck.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

The researchers could not establish whether differences in sleep duration caused late life depression or whether depression itself changed how long people slept.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

About 250 people slept outside the Charlotte, North Carolina, store the night before it opened in February, when the temperature hit a low of 25 degrees.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

Water rushed through the area while several unhoused people slept in their tents.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

As her quality of life declined, I couldn't bear the thought of Lara being alone, so for two and a half months I slept on the sofa to be close to her.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Neither Karli nor I slept much that night at all.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

A new analysis of biological aging across the human body suggests that both sleeping too little and sleeping too much are associated with faster aging in the brain, heart, lungs, immune system, and other organs.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

“My dad spent a couple days sleeping on the couch,” Suarez said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Brown was arrested after being found sleeping in his stepmother's attic.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled plans Wednesday to offer those sleeping rough a way off the streets by Christmas, as part of his bid to curb homelessness.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The three of us are sitting at the end of the dock on an old, unzipped sleeping bag that Nate dug out of the rafters of the shop.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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