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Example Sentences

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Everyone thought the play was dead, including Charbonnet, who casually jogged across the goal line and picked up the ball as it lay in the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times

After laying in the snow beyond the finish line, Vonn saw her time and raised her arms.

From Los Angeles Times

Otto devised a system to send signals from his window to Japanese submarines that lay in wait off the coast of Oahu.

From The Wall Street Journal

The inquiry accepted that the "root cause" of the problems with the collapsed case lay in the difficulties with the "outdated" Official Secrets Act.

From Barron's

In keeping with the reverence of the time, Franco’s body lay in state for 50 hours, with a long line of people—stretching more than a mile—shuffling past.

From The Wall Street Journal