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His hard-shell suitcase lay open on the bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

When it finally lay open on the table, I couldn’t help but gawk in wonder at my iPhone 13 Mini’s precisely packed guts, and I realized I was having fun!

From The Verge • May 21, 2022

A Bible lay open to Proverbs on a dresser as a breeze turned the pages.

From Fox News • May 28, 2019

A Bible lay open to Proverbs on a dresser as a breeze turned the pages.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2019

No longer did my teachers lay open for me the book of Nature and speak of botany and zoology; no longer was I given the works of Shakespeare and Pope to con.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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