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Example Sentences
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This game began, appropriately enough, with Angela Dugalic blocking Aston Judd’s shot and then glaring at her as the Longhorn lay in a heap.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Metcalfe said she was convinced the answers police needed lay in the Harlow community.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Vance made it clear that the administration’s interests lay in the country’s vast oil reserves.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Sushila Karki, 73, a former chief justice who had led the caretaker administration for six months, said the country's future lay in the hands of a younger generation.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
She lay in the hayloft with the chickens gathered around her until morning.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
