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
They took naps on Sunday to make sure they didn’t doze off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 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
But I must doze a little, because the next time I open my eyes, the sky is dull gray.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
She struggles to fall asleep, her father said, and often asks him to stay by her side while she dozes off.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
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
Suspended in midair inside a stylish L.A. apartment, a Black man dozes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
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
Mother dozes in her blue Queen Anne chair, her green blanket pulled to her chest.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
AFP on Saturday saw migrant minors milling around in a disused industrial park in Ceuta, while others dozed on the pavements outside.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
"Half past one, I was still awake, all still bright-eyed, and kind of bushy-tailed, and then I went horizontal and dozed off," she recalled.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Through the night, several of them allegedly followed the southbound Brink’s truck, which was piloted by one driver while another dozed in the vehicle’s sleeping compartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
She was home at 9 p.m. and quickly dozed off, but within hours, she woke her mother up.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
Though I didn’t mean to blink until Beatrice and Louise were back, I dozed off and dreamed that I’d missed the railing and was feeding myself to the fishes.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday brushed off suggestions that President Donald Trump was regularly dozing off during Cabinet meetings, as questions persist over the health of the oldest US president ever inaugurated.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Jamie McGrath's vicious free-kick, Beni Banigime dozing and in rushed Boyle - cool and calm, a sidefoot to the solar plexus of the visitors.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 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
Aside from a few people dozing on benches, the depot was empty.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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