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The team also discovered a second new species of sleepyhead snake.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
So don’t be a sleepyhead about this T-Heads release, a veritable sequel to last year’s success.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
The rumble from the available 5.7-liter V-8 is unlike anything else in the segment (save for the Durango), and the V-6 is no sleepyhead either.
—Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 6 May 2022
With the ability to cook so many eggs at a time, this machine means parents and meal-preppers alike can feed their broods without worrying about spills, messes or hassle—that fact alone is enough to get even the biggest sleepyhead up and out of bed in the morning!
—Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2020
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
So don’t be a sleepyhead about this T-Heads release, a veritable sequel to last year’s success.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
The rumble from the available 5.7-liter V-8 is unlike anything else in the segment (save for the Durango), and the V-6 is no sleepyhead either.
—Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 6 May 2022
With the ability to cook so many eggs at a time, this machine means parents and meal-preppers alike can feed their broods without worrying about spills, messes or hassle—that fact alone is enough to get even the biggest sleepyhead up and out of bed in the morning!
—Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2020
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“Sleepyhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepyhead. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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sleepyhead
noun
sleepy·head
-ˌhed 
: a sleepy person
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