lay
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That’s why during my reading last week, it was more peculiar than disruptive when a dancer hopped on a table to lay at a 90-degree angle and jet her feet in the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
An investigation has uncovered a series of alleged safeguarding failings linked to an east Belfast church where a man with 45 convictions was appointed as a lay pastor.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
They manned the factories that built the arsenal that won World War II. Now a new generation will pour the foundations and lay the fiber that secures American economic strength for a new age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
We asked four families to lay out the financial ups and downs of older parenthood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
He lay there for a moment, stunned but not hurt.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing lay
Poetry: Genres
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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