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as in beds
a place set aside for sleeping
he was in kip when I knocked on the door
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as in rests
to sleep lightly or briefly
after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed
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Noun
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The Fort Collins Rescue Mission has opened a building with dozens of overnight shelter beds on their Harvest Farm property north of Fort Collins.—
Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
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The city settled the case two years later, agreeing to create 12,915 new shelter beds or other housing opportunities by June 2027.—
Noun
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Other studies have found that eliminating alcohol, getting regular vaccines, and even singing and taking naps can affect our brain health.—
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The poster, a 30-year-old woman, explained that tension had grown between her and her partner due to her need for daily naps.—
Verb
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The belief that the Maduro episode could be replicated in Iran also rests on a misleading comparison.—
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But according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the post-raid landscape, that assumption rests on dangerously fragile ground.—
Noun
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For families There are no rollaway beds; however, there are three interconnecting rooms with bunks.—
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The bunks are just that—bunks, not beds, with mattresses that let the road through.—
Verb
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Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.—
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“Kips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kips. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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