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  • Bleary-eyed in the morning light, they stare into their pots of boiling milk.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Bleary-eyed guests spoon granola and yogurt or scrambled egg whites before morning stretch class and hikes.

    Slim down at Malibu's 'Biggest Loser' fitness resort 2011

  • Bleary-eyed and spent, I fell asleep in her lap, periodically waking up to intense waves of cramps.

    Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

  • Bleary-eyed and fuzzy-headed, I waited out front at the anointed hour.

    Richard Bangs: Naked in Brazil Richard Bangs 2010

  • Bleary-eyed from travelling, the tiny puppy fell asleep in my hand, nuzzling his squashed black face into my palm.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Bleary-eyed and spent, I fell asleep in her lap, periodically waking up to intense waves of cramps.

    Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

  • Bleary-eyed from travelling, the tiny puppy fell asleep in my hand, nuzzling his squashed black face into my palm.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Bleary-eyed, he explained that the Interior Ministry had recently closed all but one entrance gate and ordered the access road narrowed to a single lane.

    In Pakistan, religious shrines step up security against attacks David Nakamura 2010

  • Bleary-eyed in the morning light, they stare into their pots of boiling milk.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Bleary-eyed off a flight back to L.A. from China, I received a late-night call from from America's leading refugee advocate, Lionel Rosenblatt, recently retired from a 40-year career at the US State Department and later his NGO, Refugees International, where far less heralded than he should be, Lionel led both our government's and private refugee advocacy, relief and resettlement efforts in dozens of countries.

    Richard Walden: Five American Presidents Can Resurrect Tolerance -- If They Try 2010

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