as in retires
to go to one's bed in order to sleep
he frequently plays host at his London flat, and overnight guests pretty much doss down where they please
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Maybe the Pittsburgh Steelers give him a chance if Aaron Rodgers retires, for example.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Michael Fiddelke, the company’s chief operating officer and former chief financial officer who has spent two decades at the company, will start as Target’s CEO in February as Brian Cornell retires.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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Beds that are completely mixed won’t have the impact that beds of one or two or three complementary colors will have.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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But none of those operations could match the location and the great fishing off the Point Loma kelp beds that the Point Loma called home.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Early roles in The World According to Garp (1982) and The Big Chill (1983) gave way to one of her most memorable turns in Fatal Attraction (1987), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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The journey includes time spent in the backcountry and turns in untracked terrain.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Dosses (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dosses%20%28down%29. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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