lain

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They had lain undiscovered beneath sand dunes but were exposed when they were scoured away by strong winds and high tides.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Someone close to us had died along the shoulder of a highway and had lain unnamed for more than 40 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

A rich copper belt in the north of the country has lain fallow since Macri crashed and burned in 2018.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

Several blocks of maisonettes were demolished though, leaving behind land which has lain derelict for more than a decade.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

She’d lain awake for an hour the night before, thinking of all the things she was going to say when she met him.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr