overslept

past tense of oversleep

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dreamed
Verb
  • The music career Luke Bell had dreamed about, and chased from the family ranch through Austin, New Orleans, and Nashville, was starting to feel real.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This is not the America our parents and grandparents dreamt of.
    Grace Meng, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Overslept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overslept. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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