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Adjective
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Tips to Break the Bedtime Screen Habit Dr. Verma, who was not involved in the research, offers the following tips to prevent wakeful effects from smartphones and get better sleep: Avoid screens 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
31 Mar. 2025 -
Lauren Goode: Who among us doesn't want to have a nap gently guided by our wakeful rhythm?—
Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But a recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that a sleepless night from an overly warm room might not be the only thing affecting next-day performance.—
Richard A. Lovett,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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The days and weeks of fussy, sleepless nights as little ones struggle with teething pain are the downside.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Woodland shared one incident of being hypervigilant.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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But Bart is hypervigilant about his son’s fragile health and tries to discourage him from joining the band on the road.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Of course, be mindful of where cords are running to prevent them from getting wet during our frequent spring and summer showers.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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Eddie Howe was already mindful of the mental task following Newcastle United’s Champions League round-of-16 first-leg 1-1 draw with Barcelona.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Beyond next week’s meeting, policymakers will need to be cognizant of balancing new inflation risks from the war in Iran with any signs of deterioration in the labor market.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Still, both were cognizant that Fred would treat Sam as a player and only a player between the lines and not blur the lines between parenting and coaching.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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Conversely, others are far more cautious.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Expelling Iranian diplomatic personnel marks one of Doha’s strongest retaliatory steps to date and signals a possible shift away from its traditionally cautious approach toward Iran.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is not the first time the United States has taken careful aim in Iran and shot its own feet.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kang noted that Demon Hunters’ visual style was consciously shaped by her lifelong love of anime and manhwa — Korean comics and graphic novels — and executed with careful attention to Korean linguistic and cultural nuances, even though the film’s lingua franca is American English.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The analysis showed the elder Khamenei was wary of his son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, ever taking power because he was perceived as not very bright, and was viewed as unqualified to be leader, according to sources.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Caldwell is also wary about a second-half effort from Democrats to push stricter greenhouse gas emissions-reduction standards.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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