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Meanings of jet lag in English

Russian
десинхрония
Portuguese
dissincronose
Spanish
síndrome de los husos horarios
Catalan
trastorn d'horari

Physiological condition caused by travel across time zones.

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десинхрония

Physiological ailments like headache and nausea, caused by the readjustment of the inner clock of the body to the time difference after a long-distance flight.

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Examples for "jetlag"
Examples for "jetlag"
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Of course, there are costs, mainly involving a permanent state of mild jetlag.
The Guardian
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Light therapy has always been thought to help in reducing jetlag.
The Irish Times
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The company says it could also be used to alleviate jetlag.
Reuters
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Foxed by jetlag, I find it impossible to tell when he is joking.
The Guardian
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Nothing like a swig of sake to counteract the jetlag .
The Irish Times
Usage of jet lag in English
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The Re-Timer is said to be able to help fight jet lag.
BBC
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Maybe it'll help her stay awake until she's over the jet lag.
The Rhesus Chart
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But they shrugged off any jet lag to happily accept their awards.
Reuters
4
Maybe it was jet lag, though I'd never suffered from it before.
After the fall
5
Guetta remembers the summer of 2014 as the summer of jet lag.
The Irish Times
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We all have someone we're neglecting, some sort of affective jet lag.
The Guardian
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I fell asleep at 9pm, exhausted from the walk and jet lag.
The Guardian
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Once the mealtime excitement is over, the jet lag can creep in.
Wired
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Shutting his eyes, he gave in to jet lag and drifted off.
The arms maker of berlin
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It doesn't budge all day and totally hid my jet lag without caking.
News.com.au
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His jet lag had made him extra susceptible to the cold.
The apostle
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For years Scott successfully used the ERG to avoid jet lag.
Terminal Compromise
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He wanted to shake off the jet lag, stop for a double espresso.
The arms maker of berlin
14
A wearable device that tells you how to avoid jet lag?
The South African
15
My jet lag had completely subsided, and I somehow felt energised.
News.com.au
16
All this fresh air or my jet lag's making me hungry.
Down river