sleepwalk
verb
sleep·walk
ˈslēp-ˌwȯk 
sleepwalked; sleepwalking; sleepwalks
1
: to walk while or as if while asleep
2
: to proceed in a passive often lethargic manner
sleepwalked through the workday
sleepwalk
noun
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What did Quigley plan to say at the City Club to his fellow Chicago Democrats, especially those running a city that seems to us to be sleepwalking toward insolvency?
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
That's not only a poll result; that's a scream for help from a base watching their representatives sleepwalk through a self-coup.
—Christopher Bouzy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Other Ambien users have reported a variety of side effects, including sleepwalking, binge eating and even driving at night without realizing or remembering the incidents.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 22 July 2025
The irony of a post-George W. Bush government possibly recognizing this despite also being inclined to sleepwalk into a disastrous Middle East war is strange and potent.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
That's not only a poll result; that's a scream for help from a base watching their representatives sleepwalk through a self-coup.
—Christopher Bouzy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Other Ambien users have reported a variety of side effects, including sleepwalking, binge eating and even driving at night without realizing or remembering the incidents.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 22 July 2025
The irony of a post-George W. Bush government possibly recognizing this despite also being inclined to sleepwalk into a disastrous Middle East war is strange and potent.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
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“Sleepwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepwalk. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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