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If he has truly disappeared, it could further complicate efforts to probe the London recruiting network that apparently swept up Moussaoui, Reid and other suspected terrorist "sleepers."
The Shoe's Tracks 2007
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These linear features have been interpreted as the remains of floor joists or "sleepers."
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You know that a deficiency of boron will cause trees to go into a condition which the growers out there now call "sleepers."
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Anyway I'm camping here for the winter, an 'during that time I'll need to wake some of these' sleepers. '
The Heart of Unaga Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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