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sleeps

  • present tense form of sleep (3rd person singular).

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“Now I can look forward to ruining my sleep schedule, chugging iced Americanos, and screaming at the TV at 3 a.m. for a country I don’t live in while our national team sleeps peacefully.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

The sandwich strategy involves two sleeps – one before and one after the game.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

He sleeps, eats, spends a lot of time watching movies, uses my PC, and reads at my place.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Created by Mindy Kaling, it’s set in New York, the city that never sleeps, not in order to party, but to get something on somebody’s desk first thing in the morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

He sleeps in the family house with Kainta and me.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone