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[sleep] / slip /




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“As much as we all enjoy mainstream cinema and film as entertainment, that’s a way of making you sleep better after a week of work,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The man spent about two hours taking what sounded like a work call while most of his seatmates were trying to sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Molecules that regulate sleep and appetite or methods for editing genes are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Even if you have eight hours in bed, you haven't had a proper night's sleep, and a tired brain is more reactive to worry."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

I snored then, the soft snore of first sleep.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

As soon as it hits 9ish, my son needs a nap, so while he sleeps, Nakano and I go to a little playground, and I just let her run off some of her morning energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

EEG measurements can reveal much more than how long someone sleeps or how often they wake up.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The 25-year-old sleeps on a small camping bed in the Honghub office under a poster for “Her,” a 2013 movie about a man falling in love with an AI operating system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

New York is known as the city that never sleeps - and so it has been at this year's US Open.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Anyway, Ohio’s not that smart and sleeps like a narcoleptic, so I guess he and my dad were kind of made for each other.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Participants wore a headband that recorded brain waves, used a smartwatch to monitor sleep, and filled out a questionnaire each morning about how they had slept and how they felt upon waking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The winner was chosen based on how quickly and soundly they slept.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

He allegedly slept on the cement floor of a cell and told reporters that he was “not doing well.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

She slept in the cafe, her thin frame curled up in a red vinyl booth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I slept longer than I had planned and woke up covered with a blanket of ice.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

It is their fourth night in a row sleeping in the subway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The care is mostly left to Sarah and Robert, who move into David’s bungalow, sleeping on the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“As long as someone is on the street, sleeping in a tent or whatever the case is, they’re not getting help,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It does put people into a good sleeping position, says McCarthy, but some of his patients have found them "a bit claustrophobic".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

They seemed to be just outside the igloo, among the sleeping dogs.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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