doze

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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

He even seemed to doze off at one point in the middle of a presentation by Dr. Mehmet Oz, who runs Medicare and Medicaid, in the Oval Office.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

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

I doze, thinking of plums, walls, and “someone.”

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison