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laid

[leyd] / leɪd /








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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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