well-laid

Example Sentences

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Here’s how one of the well-laid plans of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went blooey.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

As Liverpool's men celebrated lifting the Premier League trophy just days before - Arne Slot triumphing in the glory of Jurgen Klopp's well-laid foundations - similarities could be seen in Bompastor and Hayes.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025

Of course, any of these well-laid plans could change in an instant due to outbreaks, drastically reduced infection rates or a long-shot vaccine breakthrough.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2020

With this added context, Smith’s little “accident” looks a bit more like somebody else’s well-laid plan.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2020

I felt like a deer that has just stepped into the hunter’s well-laid trap.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein