fall asleep
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: to begin sleeping
She fell asleep during the movie.
I woke up and I couldn't fall back asleep.
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Across all locations—and regardless of access to artificial light—participants slept less and took longer to fall asleep in the nights leading up to a full moon.
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Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Those who rely on medication to fall asleep might see themselves in LC3, while people who routinely get by on five or six hours could fit the LC4.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Continue reading… SWEET SLUMBER - Three common fruits could help Americans fall asleep faster and get more quality rest.
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And then your wife fall asleep in, like, four seconds.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Those who rely on medication to fall asleep might see themselves in LC3, while people who routinely get by on five or six hours could fit the LC4.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Continue reading… SWEET SLUMBER - Three common fruits could help Americans fall asleep faster and get more quality rest.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
And then your wife fall asleep in, like, four seconds.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Fall asleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20asleep. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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