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Midway through the game, Brown settled on a strategy whose genius lay in its simplicity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Hughes himself lay in one of the caskets to experience it.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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