laze
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Jay makes scrambled eggs and bagels for us, then we talk about what’s going to happen that day, and laze around until lunchtime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
On land, northern elephant seals laze around, sleeping up to 14 hours a day.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
She said coyotes have been known to laze in the sun on the local golf course, watching players putt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
Shop for yarns, lavender, art and more in Coupeville and Langley, and laze about.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
In the meantime, it was extremely pleasant to laze in Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham’s kitchen after a vigorous day’s work.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
He peeks down from behind half-moon spectacles in one shot, strums a guitar in the next and lazes alongside an illustrated frog in a field of flowers and mushrooms in another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
She works long hours, parties or lazes in her down time, and tries not to think about her mother's recent death.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2021
He sleeps in the bathtub and lazes about.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 2018
Eloise Kropp doffs her puffy fat-cat suit to perform a nimble bit of tap as Jennyanydots, who lazes about all day until night falls and she rouses herself to chase mice.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2016
A minute later, he lazes across the classroom in his robe toward the door—he moves like glue.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
A couple of hundred bison lazed on the flat, close enough for us to study, alert to our presence, wild enough to muster a few snorts, but mostly unbothered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Edebiri’s small dog, a Chihuahua mix named Gromit, lazed between them on a couch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
A seal or two lazed at a distance — perhaps already full?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
Rushees lazed about, trying their best to appear nonchalant and indifferent to the outcome of their social futures.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Next day they hiked to all the lakes, fished a little more, lazed about in the warm misty weather, and, strangely, encountered not another soul.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
He previously suffered a leg injury that left him with a limp and has apparently adapted his lifestyle, preferring to spend his time lazing on a rock, rather than fighting with fellow bears.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
"And he's quite content back there, he's just been napping and kind of lazing around," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
I went for a late walk to the beach and stayed there for much longer than I anticipated, lazing on the sand and floating in the water.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2023
On a summer day in 1965, two pals, Bill Bell and Joel Pritchard, returned home after golfing to find their kids lazing around with nothing to do.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
When at last he reached the bottom, a narrow, muddy trail along the water's edge, Littlefinger was lazing against a rock and eating an apple.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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James and the Giant Peach
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