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While on a criminal trial in Manhattan in 2024, Trump appeared to nod off on a few occasions, as multiple reporters in the courtroom noted.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Dec. 2025
With a stone fireplace, plush rug and ornate Christmas tree in the corner, the restaurant’s central lounge area looks like it was plucked from the North Pole, the comfy nook where Santa nods off after his big night.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Once, Timm nodded off mid-flight while in the pilot seat and flew halfway to Mexico before waking up.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
The man sitting next to me was beginning to nod off, perhaps succumbing to a post-cookie sugar crash.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Dec. 2025
With a stone fireplace, plush rug and ornate Christmas tree in the corner, the restaurant’s central lounge area looks like it was plucked from the North Pole, the comfy nook where Santa nods off after his big night.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Once, Timm nodded off mid-flight while in the pilot seat and flew halfway to Mexico before waking up.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
The man sitting next to me was beginning to nod off, perhaps succumbing to a post-cookie sugar crash.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Nod off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nod%20off. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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