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lay

[ley] / leɪ /
ADJECTIVE
amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession
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VERB
design, plan
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VERB
bet, wager
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NOUN
a song or poem
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Now, if the Lakers deal is approved, a Kushner will lay claim to one of the crown jewels of American sports and its prized courtside real estate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Just before I took her to the vet for the final time, she savoured an ice-cream and lay on the grass in the sunshine in the garden.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Gallo earlier this year shared plans to lay off more than 90 employees by the end of January 2027 and close a major Napa Valley wine-making facility.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The researchers excluded non-placental mammals that lay eggs or harbor their newborns in belly-pouches and produce extremely small younglings from these calculations.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The worst thing was that I had no way to reach him, to lay into him and tell him what I thought.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The crowd chanted his name and dozens laid flowers at the feet of the lions at the base of Nelson’s Column.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“This teaches us to not be laid back, to keep our foot on the gas. I think we’re better than last season because we have more versatility.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

And though he insists that this is not about direct financial gain for African leaders, one of the demands laid out at the recent summit on reparations clearly talked of debt relief and debt cancellation.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

She will be laid to rest Monday following her funeral in the nearby city of Swansea, which is set to be a celebration of her life attended by family and friends.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

When he was laid out, he asked me to come and look at the dead and to see how dreadful it was to trifle with death.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The gold was found stashed in a bag under a stone cellar surface while workers were laying sewage pipes for a new homeless shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

In January 2025, a settlement was announced with the National Park Service laying out how the park would function going forward.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Zabihullah Mujahid, the government's chief spokesman, said this month that the authorities were laying the "foundations of the economy" and that patience was needed.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

After laying their family members to rest, the brothers went to live with their father in a modest, work-class neighbourhood of low-rise houses in the north-eastern outskirts of Cali, Colombia.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

At the edge of Hampstead Heath we heard a policeman’s heavy tramp, and laying the child on the pathway, we waited and watched until he saw it as he flashed his lantern to and fro.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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