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The answer lay in the other sport he had loved since childhood, as he had always played tennis in his free time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“My hope is to really get my energy and strength back. I don’t want to lay in bed all day. I want to be able to get up and do my things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally lay in the gravel beside 17 Mile Drive on California’s Monterey Peninsula, where I had dropped it moments before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Sobers' body lay in state at the Barbados parliament on Monday and at the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with national dignitaries and members of the public able to pay their respects.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Reaching their objective just before dawn, the men lay in the muddy water behind a dike, watching the grove of trees in front of them.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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