laying down
Example Sentences
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A silver lining is that free cash flow at listed distillers should improve as they invest less in laying down new barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
At the checkout, another older man asked about the wine I was carefully laying down sideways on the fast-moving conveyor belt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Messi is not the only global sports superstar to have continued laying down gauntlets for younger rivals into their late 30s - tennis' Novak Djokovic being perhaps the most impressive example in recent years.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
On paper, it sounds like infrastructure-building, an ambitious laying down of the gauntlet.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
Talking to them, laying down the plans, I had deliberately sat on a bed away from them.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
