We all got tired of this dynamic, and since my sister and I no longer lived with my parents, it became harder and harder to tease out other each other the things we wanted as the holiday season drew near.

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My, were we tired and hungry after all that running.

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"We are just too tired of getting blackmailed all the time, " Zwelinzima Vavi, the General Secretary of COSATU, told the BBC's World Business Report.

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Until we heard about an upcoming product from Japanese Lofty, we were pretty sure that we knew all about the art of napping (we usually just take one when we're tired), but the company's new high-tech pillow indicates that there's more guesswork involved in naptime than we'd previously thought.

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Calling on Congress to act in some non-specific way is getting a bit thin, not least because we all know it is not a plan but a tired taunt.

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Lee, was really tired, and I think we can all relate to this, of the criticism, the second-guessing that was directed at his leadership through the major newspapers of his time.

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May we support the weary, encourage the tired, and honor all peoples.

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They were dead-tired from saving people, but they worked all night because we thought this thing was going to blow wide open last night.

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And I speak for all businesses in the United States. (Applause.) We are tired of dealing with banks.

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"There's one or two lads a little bit tired but that's only to be expected with the programme we've all had, " he said.

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