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Example Sentences
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The Australian government did not specify the charges to be laid against suspects in the alleged methanol-related poisoning but said it had been in "regular contact" with the Laos authorities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Female CJ7 and male 022 laid four eggs in April at a nest site near Wareham for the third year in a row.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
UC had carefully laid out the road map: One work group would have investigated “the advantages and disadvantages” of relying on SAT and ACT scores and California’s 11th-grade Smarter Balanced assessment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
He laid the basis for Conservatives to dominate British politics from 1886 to 1997, as his successors adapted to an emergent mass culture and wider suffrage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Taking my lunch and apples from the gunny sack, I laid them to one side and sat down on the empty sack.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
