napping
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He remembers early morning trips to L.A. with his dad for produce and tortillas, and napping on 50-pound bags of beans.
From Los Angeles Times
They've been consistently exploited down the right and left of their defence with sleepy defenders caught napping by alert attackers.
From BBC
In my late 20s and early 30s, I was getting up early to audition for commercials, then I would have stand-up shows at night, and I felt a lot of guilt about napping.
From New York Times
But he was napping, his back to us about 20 yards away, his dark mane quivering in the wind.
From New York Times
The employee also is seen kicking a girl, then grabbing the child by the arm and flinging her onto a mat for napping, and then kicking over the mat.
From Washington Times
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