lain

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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

A rich copper belt in the north of the country has lain fallow since Macri crashed and burned in 2018.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

The fans group called for Postecoglou's replacement to be "fully supported" by the club's board in order to build on the "cup success that Ange has lain".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

The tenements at Clune Park in the Inverclyde town of Port Glasgow were built a century ago as housing for shipyard workers but have lain mostly abandoned for years.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

O-lan had lain herself upon the bed after the cooking of the meal and the child lay beside her—a fat, placid child, well enough, but not so large as the first one.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck