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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overslept
dreamed
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Relatives and health officials say an 11-year-old girl who dreamed of becoming a doctor, a teenage girl and two boys in a tent camp were among those killed on Thursday.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Kids who had never set foot in Miami-Dade County but dreamed of palm trees, South Beach and a game played with an edge they’d never been allowed to show.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Overslept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overslept. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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