lay
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In the artificial-intelligence world, pretty much everyone wants to lay hands on chips and other computing hardware made by the market leader, Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
That’s why during my reading last week, it was more peculiar than disruptive when a dancer hopped on a table to lay at a 90-degree angle and jet her feet in the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Turner was appointed as a so-called commissioned lay worker at St Brendan's, but said his role was to act as a pastor for the east Belfast parish.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
In the months ahead, he must lay the groundwork for consensus between nearly 200 nations even as the war rattles energy markets, nations scramble for fuel supply and climate change slips down the priority list.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
A line is drawn between their center point to lay out a hypothetical path for the tamping iron.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Poetry: Genres
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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