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The Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally lay in the gravel beside 17 Mile Drive on California’s Monterey Peninsula, where I had dropped it moments before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
He said there were "positive signs" as adult cuttlefish were continuing to lay eggs and the population may recover "over coming years".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mourners gathered outside of the Royal Palace to lay flowers and remember him while his son, King Haakon VIII, officially succeeded him and met with his government.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Fed chiefs traditionally use their first speech at Jackson Hole to lay out their vision for how they see the path for monetary policy and the central bank as a whole.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Renn sat some way off, trimming the flights on her arrows, and Wolf lay between them licking his paws clean, having swiftly dispatched the joint of grouse that Torak had saved for him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and his seemingly supernatural competence at both city management and marketing, has laid a blueprint for kitchen-table progressives looking to bust out of the Trump-era holding pattern.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The restaurant at his casino, which used to operate around the clock, has laid off about 20 employees and switched to a buffet format that is open only in the morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
In the summer of 2019, I was sitting in a stark hospital room, while a shrunken version of my mom laid in the bed in front of me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In June, Apple laid off 57 employees in Escondido.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Mama laid down her pen and looked at me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
After Harald's death was announced early on Friday, crowds amassed at the royal palace in Oslo, laying flowers and flags, some mourners visibly in tears.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Apple is laying off close to 150 employees, the latest tech titan to reduce staff amid the artificial intelligence boom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Its presence indicates that early insects had already developed different adaptations for laying eggs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Many companies act more irresponsibly during frothy times, he noted, laying the seeds for the next recession.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
He and Herold helped Booth struggle into the craft, laying the weapons and crutches on the hull of the boat.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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