Running Apps not showing up in app-switcher with Lion

One peculiar issue I am running in to is that, as the iMac is running for awhile, some of the running apps suddenly no longer appear in the app switcher window (command-tab). they are clearly running, but cannot be switched to. this is very frustrating. Even quitting these apps and re-launching them will not make them re-appear in the switcher.
The only thing that cures this issue (temporarily) is to log out / log back in or reboot the iMac.
Anyone else run in to this, is there a solution to this problem?

Temporary fix that I found online, WITHOUT restarting is to type
killall -KILL Dock
in the Terminal

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