laze
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Now 16, Pebbles does not tend to go after the wildlife so much, preferring to laze around campus waiting to be fed by staff.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
Two large pregnant pigs laze in an adjacent pen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The unsinkable otters laze buoyant on their backs in the pounding white water, and the seabirds hover and settle gently on the point of a rock in the gale, balancing on thin bare legs.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
People shuffle in and wander into a room or onto the balcony or laze on a couch.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
In the meantime, it was extremely pleasant to laze in Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham’s kitchen after a vigorous day’s work.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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He peeks down from behind half-moon spectacles in one shot, strums a guitar in the next and lazes alongside an illustrated frog in a field of flowers and mushrooms in another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
The trail ends unceremoniously at an asphalt road, across which the Colorado River lazes by, along the path of least resistance, unbothered by whatever obstacles rise in its path.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
She works long hours, parties or lazes in her down time, and tries not to think about her mother's recent death.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2021
He sleeps in the bathtub and lazes about.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 2018
A minute later, he lazes across the classroom in his robe toward the door—he moves like glue.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Baby seals lazed alongside their mothers on the rocks, too sleepy to be bothered by a boat quietly chuffing by.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Rushees lazed about, trying their best to appear nonchalant and indifferent to the outcome of their social futures.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Inside the dugout, as the Phillies and Baltimore Orioles lazed through a forgettable Grapefruit League affair, Phillies manager Gabe Kapler kept hearing from a quartet of fans behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
On Thursday, as the surf crashed and gulls wheeled nearby, dozens of the beach’s newest inhabitants lazed in the sun, filling the air with purrs and honks, barks and grunts.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2019
They lazed around the house munching berries they’d brought from a fruiting bush.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Hill highlights that this trend isn't just about lazing around but instead serves as a means to normalize the importance of rest in our lives.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
Archimedes was lazing in the bath when inspiration struck and Newton's apple - quite literally - fell upon a daydreaming head.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
Inside the book is ample photographic evidence — laughing uproariously with Sir Paul; sharing a tiny table with Jackie O.; fishing with Mick; lazing on a couch with Yoko.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
You can swim, sail, fish and partake of the age-old tradition of lazing around.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
Once, in a vision, instead of working, I am lazing in a soft furrow of our milpita, gazing up into the endless sky at a hawk.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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James and the Giant Peach
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