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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
That plan, which Musk said should be taken with a “grain of salt,” is more ambitious than what SpaceX laid out in its IPO filing.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
It recently laid off 8,000 white-collar employees in part to fund those efforts.
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
I picked up one of the coconuts, laid the ribbon in the basket, and put the coconut on top of it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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