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Example Sentences
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All of this raises a more fundamental question about where power lay in devolved Scottish politics between late 2014 and early 2023.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
For them, labor was a spiritual act, function guided form, beauty lay in simplicity, and well-designed objects need never change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Vance made it clear that the administration’s interests lay in the country’s vast oil reserves.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Sushila Karki, 73, a former chief justice who had led the caretaker administration for six months, said the country's future lay in the hands of a younger generation.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
She lay in bed thinking, “I just want to do something better than him. For a moment.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
