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In fall, winter and spring, when the bat population is hibernating, most of the caves are usually open.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

To keep things interesting, while Perri is hibernating, there is a full-on fantasy dream sequence featuring flying squirrels and rabbits frolicking in the snow.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2020

Inside a utilitarian industrial unit in Cramlington, Northumberland, a fleet of ice cream vans is hibernating for the winter.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2012

No. Right after the split, Aniston moved into an L.A.-area hotel where she is "hibernating," says a close source.

From Time Magazine Archive

The young are born in January while the mother is hibernating; and the cubs, usually two in number, are at birth very small, weighing only about ten ounces.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard