sleep
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Lifestyle factors — such as diet, sleep, regular exercise, managing blood pressure and blood sugar, avoiding tobacco and alcohol — can reduce the risk of dementia by up to 45%, Tan said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“I haven’t been able to sleep well, I haven’t been able to eat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, told a press conference they were killed in their sleep by collapsing rubble.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
We’re all sitting at home sipping adaptogenic mushroom tonics, journaling our feelings and politely declining invitations to any event after 7 p.m. because we’d rather optimize our sleep scores than take a tequila shot.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
I mumbled like a man talking in his sleep.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
She now sleeps in a plaza near where he worked.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
The sandwich strategy involves two sleeps – one before and one after the game.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
“Caroline is just like you. She sleeps a hair thread away from waking, and she rises with the roosters.”
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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Many Flores inhabitants slept outside for a second night in a row, afraid to go home as hundreds of aftershocks rumbled through the area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
A stand-off involving a wanted man was brought to an end when police arrested him while he slept on a roof.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ginger and white cat Fruitcake slept on top of my sleeping bag, with my legs tucked inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I ran, swam, biked, worked, showered and slept with the Cirqa over the past few weeks, and was impressed by its value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
I’d been getting out of bed at sunrise my whole life, but for some reason, that morning I slept in and no one woke me up.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Footage shows officers from the force's tactical unit gently resting a ladder against the roof of a back porch, with an officer then grabbing the man while he was sleeping.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The experience shook the charity worker, who has had trouble sleeping since the attacks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The night before the run, Mehta took a five-hour train journey to a sweltering, remote location for the test, sleeping in an open field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He also recalled spending roughly 90 minutes aboard Air Force One worried that another passenger sleeping on a couch might actually be dead.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
With a glance at the sleeping Annad, he hurried to light the lamp.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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