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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




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