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  • noun Plural form of sleeper.

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Examples

  • It is not possible at all and that is why we strongly believe that they abductors have got sympathisers or cells or what we refer to as sleepers within the region.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • Topping the list of potential "sleepers" is Czech rider Zdenek Stybar who lives in the Flemish region of Belgium and has been training in Hoogerheide throughout the season.

    VeloNews | The Journal of Competitive Cycling cpelkey 2009

  • 'Wherefore are they called sleepers, but because in the day of the Lord they will be reawakened?'

    Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • They will let you know whether or not anyone can dethrone defending state champion Bishop Gorman, release their state title sleepers teams and give a quick breakdown of the area's 30-plus schools.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • They will let you know whether or not anyone can dethrone defending state champion Bishop Gorman, release their state title sleepers teams and give a quick breakdown of the area's 30-plus schools.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • They will let you know whether or not anyone can dethrone defending state champion Bishop Gorman, release their state title sleepers teams and give a quick breakdown of the area's 30-plus schools.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • Stalin warned of "sleepers" -- covert agents of capitalism who would rise up at a signal and wreak mayhem arming peaceful Soviet citizens -- an invented threat.

    Naomi Wolf: Threat as Tactic? Why Hillary's Warning is Right 2008

  • Hoffman: American citizens are functioning as "sleepers" - as illustrated by the arrest of an Afghan-born US resident who was trained by al-Qaida in Pakistan and plotted to carry out coordinated suicide attacks in Manhattan.

    San Francisco Sentinel 2010

  • It provides you with all the best picks for your draft and provides you with information about "sleepers" -- players who might have had good years, but aren't so well known -- as well as printable rankings so you know which players are the best at every position.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • One of the horrible sleepers is 9 and the other is 7, 9yo has gotten much better, but I’m still sharing a bed 1/2 time with the 7yo.

    The Science Of Sleep | Her Bad Mother 2009

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