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Trump has fallen asleep on the public stage before, appearing to nod off multiple times during his hush money trial earlier this year.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
The feature story paints a depressing and chaotic image of the neighborhood: on a rainy day beneath an underpass on Kensington Avenue, drug users trying to stay dry were injecting in public, nodding off on sidewalks glistening from the rain.
—Ryan Hampton, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Take the monorail for example, which is when your cat nods off while sitting atop a higher perch, perhaps the back of your couch.
—Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The clinic was widely known to have problems; patients often nodded off, experienced behavioral problems or showed other signs of opioid use disorder in the lobby of the busy practice, according to Hoffberg’s declaration.
—Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
The feature story paints a depressing and chaotic image of the neighborhood: on a rainy day beneath an underpass on Kensington Avenue, drug users trying to stay dry were injecting in public, nodding off on sidewalks glistening from the rain.
—Ryan Hampton, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Take the monorail for example, which is when your cat nods off while sitting atop a higher perch, perhaps the back of your couch.
—Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The clinic was widely known to have problems; patients often nodded off, experienced behavioral problems or showed other signs of opioid use disorder in the lobby of the busy practice, according to Hoffberg’s declaration.
—Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Nod off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nod%20off. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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