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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overslept
dreamed
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Listening to Jimmy tell stories about Tennessee Williams, Hemingway’s writing, Captain Tony’s, Shel Silverstein, the characters who lived, fished, dreamed and smuggled there, time dissolved and the mythic Key West came to life.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025 -
This sort of commercial imagery has accomplished something truly new, something the CORONA engineers could only have dreamed about.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Overslept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overslept. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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