lay before
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In the hotel room, Spark’s pens and papers lay before her, but on that particular morning she decided to use them for something different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Ghassan Daghlas, the governor of the Nablus region, which includes Tell, attended a funerary prayer at the Nabuls hospital where the bodies lay before the burial, his office said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The quintet could never have imagined what lay before them.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
Sometimes, the action lay before us; at other times, behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
In the end, the slave’s choice lay before them, as ever: anyplace but where they had escaped.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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