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Then Ryan Christie scored and it stirred, only to fall into a slumber again.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The S&P 500 index is showing signs of coming out of its recent slumber, and most of the signals coming out of the options market are saying a big rally may be imminent.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

I drift away into a deep, salty-teared slumber.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Sunderland woke from their first-half slumbers, detected the growing anxiety around the stadium, and a sense of inevitability accompanied a thunderous 80th-minute equaliser from Brian Brobbey.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

As the sun still slumbers early Monday, patches of dense fog are cloaking parts of Puget Sound and the southwest interior, including areas in and around Tacoma, Bellevue, Seattle and Bremerton.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

Ground squirrels don’t waste away during Jack Frost’s tenure—they manage to build muscle at the end of their winter slumbers, even with no fuel from food.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 26, 2022

I slip down my face mask, and say, “So this is what you meant when you said what slumbers in here”—I touch my chest—“slumbers in here.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Hundreds of older people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

While RSV and influenza slumbered these past few years, society was learning an unprecedented amount about their behavior and the effect public health actions have on them.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2022

One could imagine that some reptilian alien slumbered away the eons here while traveling to the Solar System.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 6, 2020

One night, at two, while the majority of the crew slumbered, John snuck out of his rack and headed down to the hangar deck.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2018

The body slumbered on, and the self that observed was being borne away out of the canopy of leaves altogether and into the open sky.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Treasury debt is a slumbering giant that is starting to stir.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

From his enthusiastic dancing dad and slumbering grandma to the overly productive frybread vendor, each character is deftly rendered with a familiar and affectionate warmth.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025

"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

A breath of air stirred up the slumbering coals and cast shadows leaping and fighting on the inside walls of the little birchbark house.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich