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sleepwalking

[sleep-waw-king] / ˈslipˌwɔ kɪŋ /


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Hate that first-day sleepwalking feeling after an overnight flight to Europe?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Baroness Sheehan, the committee chair, said: "England is at risk of sleepwalking into serious water scarcity if the government does not act now to safeguard the water system."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“People are kind of sleepwalking into disaster,” Nestler said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.

From Slate May 12, 2026

There he stood motionless for a long time, managing to stay erect as if he were sleepwalking, still not understanding what was happening and tormented by the screams coming through the walls.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende



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