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Example Sentences
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Starmer will arrive with an entourage of industry executives hoping to promote British business through a UK-China CEO Council, a body that has lain dormant for years.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Someone close to us had died along the shoulder of a highway and had lain unnamed for more than 40 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
St. Nicholas’ body had lain under the floor of their church for 700 years.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
It's lain dormant in the intervening two years, much of which were characterised by domination by Verstappen and his Red Bull team.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
He stood up tall and proud again, and stepping swiftly back to the table he lifted from it the pillow on which his head had lain.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
