lie next to
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And partly it derives from “Significant Other” dealing with common preoccupations: Do we ever fully know who we lie next to?
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
A bowl of apples sits on the table, dishes lie next to the sink waiting to be washed and oven gloves still hang neatly from a line of hooks.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
In other words, why would Congress exclude wetlands that lie next to nearby waters—but do not flow straight into them—when these wetlands have a major impact on the quality of those waters?
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2022
Carcasses of birds and a small rabbit lie next to flower arrangements in lyrical funerary arrays, and a diptych shows the withering of dogweed leaves over just two days.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
We lie next to each other in silence all night, looking up at the impossible mind-blowing awesomeness of the universe, and I don’t think either of us sleeps a minute.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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