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laxness

[lahks-nes] / ˈlɑks nɛs /


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Banks are starting to face lawsuits by pig-butchering victims who allege laxness in opening accounts.

From Salon

The horrifying finds have underscored the laxness of state funeral home regulations and pressed lawmakers to try to strengthen the laws.

From Seattle Times

Embedded in the pavement in front of it is a plaque dedicated to the Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness, who was born there on April 23, 1902.

From New York Times

Laxness inspired but he also cast a shadow, and if you had been an aspiring writer in Iceland in the ’40s or ’50s, or even the ’60s, you would probably have felt both.

From New York Times

Gunnarsson wrote mostly in Danish and was translated into Icelandic by Laxness.

From New York Times