as in slept
to be in an inactive state
bears hibernating in their dens
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People often slept two to a bed.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025 -
George Washington slept here, Thomas Jefferson pissed on this tree, Oliver Ellsworth walked down this street, etc.—
Peter Mishler
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Still, a bulb that is chilled is bound to produce more flowers than one that is planted directly in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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As the world lost its CO2 blanket over this age of mammals, though, and the world chilled, grasslands, having invented a new form of photosynthesis adapted to this drier, lower-CO2 world, haltingly but inexorably took over much of the Earth.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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That was it for the Padres’ high-leverage relievers, who were rested after not pitching the previous three days, and Alek Jacob worked a 1-2-3 ninth.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Prosecutors in Florida on Friday rested the state’s case against a woman charged with orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law who was tied up in a messy custody dispute with her daughter in 2014.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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Guests of the hotel lounged around the pool, mingling, laughing, and dancing.—
L'Oréal Blackett,
Refinery29,
4 Aug. 2025
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And Georgia appears to have played its hand right.—
Jillian Magtoto,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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All of those games were played in Little Rock.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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Engines idled as people abandoned their vehicles to take videos.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The announcement Wednesday marks the first return for NASCAR to the Joliet track since it was idled in 2019.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Hibernated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hibernated. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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