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Recent Examples of oversleep
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.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Finally the proper authority, who had overslept, showed up to unlock the gate.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday, Willard made an appearance on The Team 980 after missing an earlier show on WJFK-FM 106.7, chalking up the absence to oversleeping and being on West Coast time.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
Last spring, the Today show reported that people were oversleeping due to silent alarms.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
The Season 3 penultimate and finale episodes ‘Getting There’ and ‘Jews on a Plane’ aired on Comedy Central in 2016, the first half featuring the duo in a rush to get to the airport after oversleeping, forgetting a passport and getting stuck in the subway.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
During the last annular solar eclipse in October, Jonah Branch accidentally overslept and missed the 'ring of fire' celestial event.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
While the teenager had overslept, their school had gone into lockdown.
—Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Finally the proper authority, who had overslept, showed up to unlock the gate.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday, Willard made an appearance on The Team 980 after missing an earlier show on WJFK-FM 106.7, chalking up the absence to oversleeping and being on West Coast time.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
Last spring, the Today show reported that people were oversleeping due to silent alarms.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
The Season 3 penultimate and finale episodes ‘Getting There’ and ‘Jews on a Plane’ aired on Comedy Central in 2016, the first half featuring the duo in a rush to get to the airport after oversleeping, forgetting a passport and getting stuck in the subway.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
During the last annular solar eclipse in October, Jonah Branch accidentally overslept and missed the 'ring of fire' celestial event.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
While the teenager had overslept, their school had gone into lockdown.
—Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversleep
Verb
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Michael King’s bad night’s sleep in an Atlanta suburb last weekend has raised the first bright yellow flag on this Padres season.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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The two slept in the same bed during one of the overnight stays, police said, and another person slept on an adjacent bed in the room.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The glitzy pump was launched in 2006 and sold five million pairs in just seven years, before appetite for slim, dainty shoes dropped off in the mid-to-late 2010s.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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“Oversleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversleep. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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