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Recent Examples of nod off
The photo-happy couple is still sharing snapshots of one another, with the Rhode founder posting a series of Instagram photos on Tuesday that included her musician husband nodding off across from her.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
As one mother nodded off, her eyelids heavy, a nurse came in and whisked her baby away.
—Bryant Rousseau, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Biden, meanwhile, is coming off a trip to Angola that was notable for his gift of $1 billion in tax dollars and his nodding off during a roundtable discussion.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
As the White family mourned Magnus, they were contacted by the family members of other cyclists and pedestrians killed by drivers who had been texting or nodding off at the time of the collision.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
As one mother nodded off, her eyelids heavy, a nurse came in and whisked her baby away.
—Bryant Rousseau, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Biden, meanwhile, is coming off a trip to Angola that was notable for his gift of $1 billion in tax dollars and his nodding off during a roundtable discussion.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
As the White family mourned Magnus, they were contacted by the family members of other cyclists and pedestrians killed by drivers who had been texting or nodding off at the time of the collision.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nod off
drop off
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The glitzy pump was launched in 2006 and sold five million pairs in just seven years, before appetite for slim, dainty shoes dropped off in the mid-to-late 2010s.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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“Nod off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nod%20off. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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