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Recent Examples of sleep in
The book details how the president and first lady are the first first couple to sleep in separate bedrooms since Richard and Pat Nixon, though Bill and Hillary Clinton slept apart briefly when his affair with Monica Lewinsky became public.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Nearly 40 percent of Santa Clara County's unhoused population, or almost 4,000 people, sleep in their vehicles.
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Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Assistant Attorney General Leanne Robbin said testimony would have proved that the boy was made to sleep in a bathroom with his ankles and hands zip-tied.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Georgia Hawley, chief communications officer for the mission, said the mission actually has 296 beds and about 125 more people sleep in its dining room or courtyard — and the people sleeping there aren’t always the same.
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Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Nearly 40 percent of Santa Clara County's unhoused population, or almost 4,000 people, sleep in their vehicles.
—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Assistant Attorney General Leanne Robbin said testimony would have proved that the boy was made to sleep in a bathroom with his ankles and hands zip-tied.
—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Georgia Hawley, chief communications officer for the mission, said the mission actually has 296 beds and about 125 more people sleep in its dining room or courtyard — and the people sleeping there aren’t always the same.
—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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The excitement and raucous din may lessen Trump’s propensity to nod off in public.
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The footage also shows how Woods appeared to be astonished as he was handcuffed after failing a sobriety test and a video from the back of the patrol car shows the handcuffed golfer hiccupping, yawning and repeatedly appearing to nod off during the 15-minute ride.
Verb
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Finally the proper authority, who had overslept, showed up to unlock the gate.
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The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.
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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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