as in sleeper
one who sleeps the driver had to make an abrupt stop that wakened the dozers on the bus

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Recent Examples of dozer The fire suppression efforts involve five engines, one water tender, two dozers and one hand crew. Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025 Fire officials have requested additional resources such as fire engines, dozers and an aircraft. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The agency added that fire activity had been moderate overnight as five night-flying helicopters supported fire engines, dozers, and hand crews on the ground. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025 Firefighters worked through the night Thursday with three night-flying helicopters doing water drops, eight dozers reopening access roads and building contingency lines and 53 engines, eight hand crews and four water tenders were also in action overnight. The Press Democrat, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dozer
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sleeper
Noun
  • Wermter says just sleeping on a flat surface is fine for stomach sleepers, but some may find that a thin pillow under the hips and stomach can reduce strain on the back.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Waller could emerge as a fringe TE1, while Malik Washington is a WR sleeper.
    Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Dozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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