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As the question says. I'm aware that the use of に with verbs like 座る and 立つ is
not actually "location" に, but the "target/destination" に. However with 寝る in
particular, it's still very ambiguous for me, and I have seen 寝る plenty of
times with both に and で.

The most recent sentence that threw me is: 「自分のベッドで寝る。」 "I sleep in my bed."
Is there a reason に would be incorrect or less natural here?
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Location with the verb 寝る: に or で?
ベッドに寝る sounds natural when 寝る means “to lie down”. Like 立つ and 座る, this refers
to an instantaneous action, or change of state, that results in a state of you
_being_ at some place.

When 寝る means “to sleep”, which is a durative action, で sounds more natural.
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