lay up
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Female stink bugs can lay up to 400 eggs, which become adults a little more than a month after hatching.
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 15, 2024
Korda, tied for the lead, decided when she reached the tee to lay up with a 7-wood instead of trying to drive the green.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Female bedbugs can deposit one to five eggs a day and may lay up to 200 to 500 eggs in their lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
A three-year-old colony can hold as many as 100,000 fire ants and a mature queen can lay up to 5,000 eggs per day.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024
“We had a yard up in Harlem on one hundred thirty- fifth Street where the trains would lay up over night,” Gunn said.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
