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According to Boettcher, Abdulmohsen's motive lay in a conflict with a Cologne-based refugee organisation against which he had lost a civil suit.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Midway through the game, Brown settled on a strategy whose genius lay in its simplicity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"The amount of times I will lay in bed and just cry because there's so much I want to give her that I can't give her," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Vance made it clear that the administration’s interests lay in the country’s vast oil reserves.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
The most dramatic technological features, however, lay in the way both ships were powered and propelled.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
