sleeper
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Thompson, a rookie who ran the fastest 40-yard dash in the NFL scouting combine, has impressed with his speed and could be a sleeper contributor in space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Brennan’s head, Michael Waldman, called it “the sleeper issue of 2026,” and it “may be bigger than I realized.”
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
She slept in parks away from the centre of the city to try and to stay hidden, and says no rough sleeper would turn down a bed if it comes with the right support.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The workmen from the main train climb down from the sleeper cars, light cigarettes, and trek across the lot toward the cookhouse.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Patel called the Nature paper “an important study” because the participants were actively experiencing medical conditions that can affect sleep, such as insomnia, and said “we need more” research on how wearables affect irregular sleepers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"Our study suggests there may be different biological pathways between long and short sleepers that lead to the same outcome, late-life depression, and we shouldn't treat them the same way."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Rough sleepers -- those sleeping outdoors -- are a minority of England's total homeless, estimated at 382,000 in 2025 by leading charity Shelter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
As well as providing immediate support get people off the streets, the funding is also designed to deliver over 1,000 homes over the next three years to provide rough sleepers with permanent accommodation.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, Aurelia and Marcus, blithely ignorant of what was happening, hurried back to the atrium, to find the former sleepers wide awake and one, at least, in a state close to panic.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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