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laid

[leyd] / leɪd /








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Wednesday's double-hearing also laid bare the circumstances in which some migrants decide to risk the Channel crossing.

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

Before being laid off, she purchased a home in a ski-resort area, which we consider our second home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It recently laid off 8,000 white-collar employees in part to fund those efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

She peeled off her scarlet sweater and laid it over the mottled fur.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman



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