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Outside Sacramento, Calif., dozens of workers in yellow vests do stretches before going out to lay a continuous, five-mile-long fiber-optic cable under the city.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

This was the essence of the rationale laid out by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong when the company said in May that it would lay off 14% of its workforce and eliminate “pure managers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Female flies lay their eggs in open wounds or natural body openings.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The rebrand comes ahead of a strategic presentation on September 21, when executives are to lay out their plan for "a faster, more competitive and increasingly consumer-driven market".

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

At last the attack passed and I lay down.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

He added that he hoped he had "done some good and laid some foundations for others to build on".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

At the time, the company laid more conduit than was needed, Chris Stansbury, Lumen’s CFO, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Monzon’s attorney declined to comment on the allegations laid out in court and an attorney for Carcamo-Zarceno did not respond to a request for comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The EU laid out plans Thursday for strict age limits for children to access social media, games and AI assistants -- and on forcing companies to make platforms safe before minors use them.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Rowdy,” I whispered, in a shaky voice, “that’s an animal all right, but I’ve never laid eyes on anything that looked like that before, and I don’t like the looks of it.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The layoffs were part of a larger cost-cutting effort at Microsoft, which is laying off about 2% of its workforce in total.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, our Journal colleagues Gina Heeb and Ben Glickman report that EverBank Financial has agreed to a reverse merger, laying a path for the bank’s private-equity owners to eventually exit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Stagg played a crucial advisory role when US General Dwight D Eisenhower invaded Normandy, laying the foundations for the Allied victory in World War Two.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

I carefully pressed the thorns off their stems with my forefinger and thumb before laying them on the cradle of her shirt.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall