lay
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Neil: Lay off McLeish - he delivered what the board asked for.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
AI is forcing CEOs to make a stark choice: Lay off workers or make them do more.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
“John Olson has been wrong about Enron for over 10 years and is still wrong,” Lay scrawled in the margins of the article.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Lay minister Dora Tolmasoff surveyed a crowd of 60 parents and children seated in the chilly basement of St.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
“But Mexico. We could slip in, no papers. Lay low. I’ve got a plan to get there, too. I’ll sign on as a porter. And I’m learning Spanish.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Vocabulary lists containing lay
Poetry: Genres
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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