napping
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On a journey from the country's largest city Yangon to the capital Naypyidaw AFP journalists sat in air-conditioned carriages full of travellers napping and sharing tea, fried rice and instant noodles.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
One owl was found napping – in an antiques store.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Shabbas is a time when children need to be kept happy and preoccupied within certain limits while their parents are busy praying, preparing meals or napping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
I spent my days and nights napping, seeing fantastic scenery, eating all my meals in the dining car as part of the cost of my roomette, and catching up on my reading.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
Her one trip upstairs on Sundays was to change out of her good dress, so she’d be on the couch the rest of the day, napping or laboriously reading the Sunday paper.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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