laying down

Example Sentences

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“These organizations are not pursuing any strategic objective that they are happy to pursue through democratic means after laying down their weapons,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

They constructed a nest on the north side of the lake, laying down a foundation for a lineage that endures today.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

So it's growing all the time, it's laying down that peat as the sphagnum is kind of decaying.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

On paper, it sounds like infrastructure-building, an ambitious laying down of the gauntlet.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

“You can make it up to me by laying down some primer and then painting something cool over there to go along with this dragon.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older