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One man slept in his car at Ralphs near a couple who had fled Altadena but didn’t know where to go.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The blizzard trapped office workers, who curled up at their desks overnight; others, who tried in vain to tromp home, took refuge in police stations and slept in jail cells.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
It can be worn indoors, too — don't be surprised if your pet curls up and goes to sleep in it.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Campers, grouped by age, will sleep in cabins, with boys together, and girls together.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The blizzard trapped office workers, who curled up at their desks overnight; others, who tried in vain to tromp home, took refuge in police stations and slept in jail cells.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
It can be worn indoors, too — don't be surprised if your pet curls up and goes to sleep in it.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Campers, grouped by age, will sleep in cabins, with boys together, and girls together.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
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Hours later, just before 1:50 a.m., a dark Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by Bush dropped off Freeman, who was wearing a mask and dressed in all black, officials said.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
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The February edition of London Fashion Week is a day shorter than in the past due to designers dropping off the fall 2025 schedule or decamping to Paris.Samantha Conti, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
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As one mother nodded off, her eyelids heavy, a nurse came in and whisked her baby away.Bryant Rousseau, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Biden, meanwhile, is coming off a trip to Angola that was notable for his gift of $1 billion in tax dollars and his nodding off during a roundtable discussion.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
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Last spring, the Today show reported that people were oversleeping due to silent alarms.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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