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An opposition statement said the talks would lay down "a route map towards democracy".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
On Friday, Fanara’s daughter Michelle Fanara said, her father was working on a project at a neighboring property, stepped inside Palermo, lay down to rest and did not get up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
By opening people’s minds and widening the scope of human control, these developments helped lay the groundwork for the rise of capitalism in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Warsh is testifying this morning before Congress to lay out his inflation-fighting strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Curled up on the shore, she lay with her eyes closed.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"Their contribution has inspired us to take up cricket and to perform the way we are doing today, so their role is very crucial and they have laid the foundation," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In another, a grey-haired woman laid one hand atop the coffin while she dabbed her eyes with a tissue.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
UC had carefully laid out the road map: One work group would have investigated “the advantages and disadvantages” of relying on SAT and ACT scores and California’s 11th-grade Smarter Balanced assessment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
He laid the basis for Conservatives to dominate British politics from 1886 to 1997, as his successors adapted to an emergent mass culture and wider suffrage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Inwardly fuming, I fixed a wooden expression on my face, folded the headband, and laid it back with the others.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
In June, Lucid began implementing a plan that it said would save the company $158 million by laying off 18% of its U.S. workforce and eliminating a shift at its factory in Arizona.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The album’s lead single, “In the Stars,” finds guitarist Keith Richards laying down a fiery riff against Mick Jagger’s raw and affecting lead vocals.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
A Chinese company started laying the groundwork for a competing trial within six weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
One mayor in Siberia is laying on portable toilets for drivers.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
I thought of Biddy and her sisters laying warm brown eggs in their baskets, Muc to have piglets one day.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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