laying down

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Strikingly, the new American migrant is more likely than ever to bring children in tow, relocation companies and realtors say, laying down roots and raising a set of Americans feeding into foreign colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

So it's growing all the time, it's laying down that peat as the sphagnum is kind of decaying.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

On paper, it sounds like infrastructure-building, an ambitious laying down of the gauntlet.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

“There’s a little booth, and you go into the booth and you lose your mind,” Butler said of the experience of laying down a track.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

All around their place hailstones bounced, laying down a white cover that soon resembled snow.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols