lazy
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Wagner, the founder of computer-education company 1010 Technologies, says his original design was a joke—more of a commentary on overbearing managers than a cover for lazy employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like a lazy Susan, today’s youth seem to be coming full circle to young Tony’s dilemma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In my perfect version, the yolk breaks over the hot rice and mingles immediately with the lemon zest, becoming a kind of lazy hollandaise.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The 3.6-acre estate features a wading pool and an infinity pool that are connected by a lazy river.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He reminded Jason of a soggy Santa Claus, but more lazy than jolly.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Though some economists worry that a “universal basic income” would make recipients lazier, data from programs around the world suggests the opposite is true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2025
Use her ajvar recipe without adjustment, or opt for my lazier route, and stash containers of lutenitsa in the freezer.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Do our heroes become lazier as our realities become harder?
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
A lazier tale may have resolved this by having Stark Industries dump an angel loan upon the family from nowhere.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2021
“I can’t tell who is lazier, Polly or you,” Mother mut-tered as she stalked out of the room.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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While charging a $1 annual fee may discourage the laziest bot-makers, it surely won’t prevent anyone with a real incentive—financial, political, or otherwise—to manipulate the platform for their own personal gain.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2023
If he loses, they say he overthinks, the laziest word ever to be used about Guardiola's work.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023
Adding co-op is like finishing any dish with chili oil — it’s the laziest way to make the most unimaginatively cooked proteins pretty tasty.
From The Verge ● Aug. 24, 2022
She and the news crews are all playing the same game, in the laziest and most inane manner possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
“You mean the laziest dude in seventh grade?” said Kojo.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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The New York Stock Exchange tape lazied along: about 120,000 shares an hour, 610,000 shares for the full session.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So he lazied with geishas, saki, talk and chess.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We lazied the rest of the pleasant afternoon away, some dozing under the trees, some smoking cob-pipes and talking sweethearts and war, some playing games.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
The two went down the road together, the Paymaster a little wearied with his years and weight or lazied by his own drams, leaning in the least degree upon the shoulder of the boy.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
So we lazied the fine days away, while our sea harness lay stiffening in the dark lockers.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by David W. Bone
Hot summer weekends he is apt to be lazying beside Marian Anderson's Connecticut swimming pool.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"A nice big dog lazying round here would sort of complete it."
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Edison Marshall
Billy came back and lay beside her, lazying in the sea-cool sunshine, and together they watched the sun sink into the horizon where the ocean was deepest peacock-blue.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
That was it, the whole field, unkept, idle, lazying, was thoughtless of the future.
From Stubble by George Looms
Creagh sprang to his feet from the chair in which he had been lazying.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
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