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It was a reassuring sign that he was headed in the right direction: His destination lay on the edge of a pond.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
What was the lay of the conversation in the writers’ room about who Grace Penn would be as president?
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
Only the Cook Islands can lay similar claims to an all-out obsession with the game in terms of national importance.
From BBC β Oct. 15, 2026
Chief defence lawyer Sheila Sison called the ruling "completely unfair", noting prosecutors had already put 14 witnesses on the stand to lay out evidence against the vice president.
From Barron's β Oct. 13, 2026
A pile of clothes was heaped outside in the hallway; on top lay Nollie’s blue sweater.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"I sort of laid my own trap, and now I'm in it," Lycett conceded ruefully before he headed to the round table.
From BBC β Oct. 17, 2026
Standing on ladders, the Palestinian farmers worked quickly, sending streams of olives onto the plastic sheets laid out under the trees.
From BBC β Oct. 16, 2026
“There are budgets that have been laid out, but no resources that have been allocated to it yet,” Herrera said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 15, 2026
He was laid off yet again in April.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2026
I felt as if all my past troubles were being laid out before me, troubles I well knew, and I was waiting, hoping for them to tell me the solution.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Sakurai further gooses the nostalgia factor by laying in time-capsule radio smashes, with 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” proving particularly important to the plot.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
Netflix on Thursday announced its Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria is leaving the company, one day after the streamer began laying off 6% of its staff.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 15, 2026
"Therefore I should, at this moment in time, be careful in terms of laying the ground to bring people back together. That is the role I intend to play," he added.
From Barron's β Oct. 14, 2026
Every year, when laying out each entity’s budgets, officials make projections about how income, and thus taxes, will fare.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
The obelisk is beginning to look like an obelisk, laying on its side.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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