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Noun
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The Yankees awakened from their offensive slumber in Thursday afternoon’s 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the Bronx to snap a season-worst six-game losing streak.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025 -
Festa wasn’t woken from his slumber until some time in the 8 o’clock hour when director of player development Drew MacPhail banged on his apartment door.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
5 June 2025
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One of the surviving passengers sustained a severe brain injury in the crash and was in a coma for four months.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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Two people have died and a police officer is in a coma with a further 192 injured following disorder after Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory, French authorities have said.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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But the true measure of a Southerner’s beach-cooler-packing prowess rests in the glorious presence of one all-essential item: Fried chicken.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
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Find shade, rest, and use cool, damp cloths to lower your body temperature.—
Brian Bossak,
The Conversation,
19 June 2025
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In the mid-to-late ’70s, when New York was sunk into the torpor of potential economic ruin, the city was fabled in another way.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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There are many reasons why putting humans into torpor for long-duration spaceflight is a good idea.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Sep. 2016
Noun
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Roberts died at 90 years old in her sleep from natural causes in April 2016.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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After cutting edge surgery Angela Sutphin is without excruciating pain in her right arm and can get a full night’s sleep.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2025
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Bilingual and results-driven, the RESET Method blends neuroscience, therapeutic hypnosis, and personal development into a practical path to inner freedom.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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In early March 2024, McIlroy experimented with hypnosis.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Hibernation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hibernation. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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