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lie

verb as in be prostrate, flat

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The newly imaged star, WOH G64, lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the small galaxies that orbits the Milky Way.

The young MI5 officer or financial broker who will lie, cheat and steal to protect his position.

The family cat lies sleeping among the few belongings the family have managed to bring with them from the village of Uspenivka, just outside the besieged city of Pokrovsk.

From BBC

We report on self-serving lies, which pollsters then proceed to use to produce a desired result with no ambiguity.

From Salon

Kroese said, "The framework was able to detect when a cow was transitioning from lying to standing with the same accuracy as humans. The sensitivity of the detection was over 88%."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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