doss (down)

chiefly British
as in to bed
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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  • Down comforters can feel like the luxury car of the bedding community: highly prized, but difficult to maintain.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • Deputy Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor will retire at the end of his most recent term at the end of June, state officials said Tuesday.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Sharpe retired in 2003 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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  • He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his turn in American Fiction (2023).
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Schmidt experienced shoulder fatigue following his spring debut on March 11, then pivoted to throwing a bullpen session rather than another exhibition start for his next turn in the rotation.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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  • For all the chaos and strife of the tariffs in the opening act of his second term, Trump’s U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade deal, which went into effect in 2020, and his negotiations with China during his first term indicate some ability not just to pick economic fights but to try to settle them.
    Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Thousands of European Jews, including Sheinbaum’s grandparents, settled in the capital’s historic center.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • And as the sun begins to rise, Kuber Sancho-Persad, who lives a few doors down, is napping in his taxi in the Kennedy Airport parking lot, waiting for the first passengers of the day to arrive with the early morning flights.
    Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In one set of images, workers nap while still wearing their uniforms, while another shows the workers, still in their uniforms, in dancerly poses out on the streets.
    Silvia Benedetti, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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  • The company has marketed that its FSD technology will allow all its vehicles to drive autonomously and create a massive robo-taxi ride hailing service that would instantly convert Tesla vehicles into money-making machines that work while their owners sleep.
    David Trainer, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Reports from 2023 described families at the camp sleeping on cardboard and struggling with scarce food supplies.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Doss (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doss%20%28down%29. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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