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Recent Examples of sleep in
Both mother and daughter had been sleeping in the park, ANSA reported.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Imagine if everyone set fire to their bed after sleeping in it once.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Weymouth slept in the same forests Slavc did, huffed across the same mountain passes, and traversed the same national borders.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
In January 2024 militants in Jordan launched a drone attack on an outpost in the desert as soldiers slept in their quarters.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Imagine if everyone set fire to their bed after sleeping in it once.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Weymouth slept in the same forests Slavc did, huffed across the same mountain passes, and traversed the same national borders.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
In January 2024 militants in Jordan launched a drone attack on an outpost in the desert as soldiers slept in their quarters.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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In temperatures above 90°F, peppers, squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers drop off their flowers and even undeveloped fruit.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2025
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The church said donations can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, June 27, at Luxia River East, 336 Oakhurst Scenic Drive in Fort Worth.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The juror, a middle-aged Black woman, seemed to nod off around 11:30 a.m. as Dr. Dawn Hughes testified.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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All-night session in House of Representatives committees result in at least three members being caught on camera nodding off.—
The National Desk,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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One giant got distracted by a wandering minstrel One giant overslept and started late Clues: Brumm is not the fastest builder but didn’t oversleep.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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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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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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