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In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise).
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Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
Still, the protesters slept out in the open after police took their tents, despite temperatures in the low 30s.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Families are sleeping out in the open, with limited water and no lights, heaters, or bathroom facilities.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
Many more slept out in the open in the streets even as the airstrikes, including on southern Gaza, continued.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
People are still sleeping out in the open streets or on a football field nearby.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023
Several deaths have been reported, according to local news reports, which also relayed that people were sleeping out in the street in the town of Huetamo, where power outages persisted for days.
—Evan Halper, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
In 2009, the prince slept out on the streets of London as part of his awareness-raising campaigning and to deepen his own understanding of the challenges the young homeless face.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
In California, the Toyota pickup was less about desert warfare and more about sand, sun, or driving up to the lake to sleep out under the stars.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
Still, the protesters slept out in the open after police took their tents, despite temperatures in the low 30s.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Families are sleeping out in the open, with limited water and no lights, heaters, or bathroom facilities.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
Many more slept out in the open in the streets even as the airstrikes, including on southern Gaza, continued.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
People are still sleeping out in the open streets or on a football field nearby.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023
Several deaths have been reported, according to local news reports, which also relayed that people were sleeping out in the street in the town of Huetamo, where power outages persisted for days.
—Evan Halper, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
In 2009, the prince slept out on the streets of London as part of his awareness-raising campaigning and to deepen his own understanding of the challenges the young homeless face.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
In California, the Toyota pickup was less about desert warfare and more about sand, sun, or driving up to the lake to sleep out under the stars.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
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“Sleep out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20out. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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