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 contract with Fortescue—XCMG’s largest order outside of China for mining equipment—covers battery electric wheel loaders, wheel dozers, water carts, float prime movers and graders. Ian Sayson, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Crews have constructed indirect containment lines using dozers and hand crews, according to a Saturday update from Cal Fire, including in Decker Canyon, where already existing lines were reinforced by this work. Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024 Several engines, dozers, hand crews and water tenders and 89 personnel were also assigned to the fire. Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024 On Friday night and into Saturday, the fire crossed Highway 36 before crews and dozers were able to contain the fire toward the east as personnel worked all night in the area of Paynes Creek, a community of several dozen homes 20 miles east of Red Bluff, where at least one home was destroyed. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dozer 

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“Dozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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