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 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

St. Nicholas’ body had lain under the floor of their church for 700 years.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

The electric clock on the wall had whirred, for a very long time, and Kingshaw had just lain there.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill