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laid

[leyd] / leɪd /








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Ahead of the meeting, the company laid out its financial algorithm External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Then, when those larvae are born into screwworm flies, they start eating, and what they are eating is what they have right there: the flesh of the animal that its mother laid the larvae into.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Three of the four said they disliked cold lay repairs and that a properly laid hot fill option, done to the proper depth and with a tack coat emulsion, should last years.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

A number of recent legal proceedings have laid bare the extent to which the Justice companies may have knowingly violated environmental laws, a key threshold for bringing a criminal matter.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

But there it was, all laid out in my own handwriting.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin



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