lying

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Maro and his colleagues collected intact, freshly fallen fruits lying beneath trees where chimps had recently been feeding.

From Science Daily

The league table is not lying at the moment, and it never does.

From BBC

Cawley described how one day she was lying in her bath in "absolute agony" and decided to look for support groups in the area and found Endometriosis UK.

From BBC

Following her first conversation with another teenager, she concludes her notes with one word: “lying.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They were then seen lying on the ground before being directed back inside the building.

From Barron's