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Example Sentences
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An eerie silence lay over the courtyard of Ramadan al-Suleiman's nursery in northern Syria on Sunday as he picked his way through smashed cinderblocks, twisted metal and broken plastic swings.
From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023
Fly back on Monday, lay over again in Las Vegas, this time for 10 hours, arrive home Tuesday morning — $335 round trip.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022
Baby back ribs lay over the pork loin, which is one of the most tender parts of the animal — when you eat a bone-in pork chop, that bone is a baby back.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
Just south of the city, in the town of Edgewater, power lines lay over the roads, a house sat a few feet back from its foundation and a Toyota Tacoma lay on its roof.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021
It lay over the water and through the mountains, over a thousand miles, and every strange terrible mile was frightening.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
