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Example Sentences
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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 it was generations of American workers who strung the telegraph wire, laid the railroad tracks, and built the interstate highways and buried the fiber.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
According to this view, the entire history of the universe is already laid out, timelessly, in the structure of space-time.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
The Moneyist: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
“Sally should be in soon,” Joseph says from his seat on the settee across from me, hands laid formally across his lap.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
