doze
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In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dancefloor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Cameras caught him appearing to doze in December at a cabinet meeting and during a November announcement about reducing the cost of weight-loss medication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
When she did doze off, Dame Jacqueline said she wanted to sleep too but used the short window available to write.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
Several will even doze off, napping in Tennis Paradise, which is the only place that actually lives up to that hype.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
When she did doze off, she was startled awake by shouting.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
In one canvas, a woman dozes peacefully on a couch; in another, two women linger in a lush garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Footage released on Tuesday shows police officers conferring on how to arrest the suspect as he apparently dozes in a car with a running engine.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023
Food and sleep will be put aside, except when someone dozes off in a seat or on a colleague’s shoulder.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Sergine Lucien dozes on an air mattress with her two children, Jayden and Phoenix, in Orlando on May 15.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2020
After an hour, Mama is lost in the music and Papa dozes in his chair.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
“When does the president the sleep?” asked Colbert, before flashing a picture of Trump dozed off at an Oval Office event.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
While the app can't replace doctors, "it can reduce the number of questions we need to ask doctors directly", Wang told AFP as her baby dozed in her Shanghai apartment.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
Sophie dozed off and woke up about 07:00 and was immediately concerned about a lack of movement.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
She was home at 9 p.m. and quickly dozed off, but within hours, she woke her mother up.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
She was trying to figure out a time during the day when it would be safe to sneak up to the attic and ask, while Mama dozed beside her.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
When the fire alerts sounded on telephones, "I thought everything was going to burn, the house and everything," she said at the sports hall, where they sat dozing and eating snacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
"You're dozing off and then it hits you from nowhere. You're already warm, there's no relief at all. It's like a double whammy. The good old HRT helps a lot but doesn't control it."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
He can often be seen sunning himself on the dock, with other sea lions dozing or barking away nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
He’s been dozing off in meetings, which led Dick Cheney’s doctor to call for a medical evaluation.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
Lou and his tent- mates were dozing in their shelter when an unfamiliar voice called from out of the gale, “Let him in quickly or he’s going to die out here!”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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