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Recent Examples of sleep in
Some sleep in shelters, others on the street.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Whereas other capos would rarely sleep in the same place twice, to stay ahead of the law, Oseguera had a late-stage kidney disease and needed daily dialysis, limiting his movements, people familiar with his activity said.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Does the cast of The Traitors sleep in the castle?
—Alison McDermott, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
Sehgal, who has studied sleep in fruit flies, and who was not involved in Fu’s research, was intrigued by the fact that these genes do not seem to be connected by a particular sleep process or brain pathway.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Whereas other capos would rarely sleep in the same place twice, to stay ahead of the law, Oseguera had a late-stage kidney disease and needed daily dialysis, limiting his movements, people familiar with his activity said.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Does the cast of The Traitors sleep in the castle?
—Alison McDermott, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
Sehgal, who has studied sleep in fruit flies, and who was not involved in Fu’s research, was intrigued by the fact that these genes do not seem to be connected by a particular sleep process or brain pathway.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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Patillo was seen nodding off at the riverbank with the boys.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Toward the end of the performance sequence, editor Adam Biskupski cuts between the Vanguard stage and 25-year-old LaFaro nodding off at the wheel of his car less than a month later.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Finally the proper authority, who had overslept, showed up to unlock the gate.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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