laying down

Example Sentences

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They constructed a nest on the north side of the lake, laying down a foundation for a lineage that endures today.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

What comes after silicon microchips—pocket quantum computers, say, or transistors only an atom thick—could be as strange to people living today as microchips were in the 1960s, when Gordon Moore started laying down the law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

On paper, it sounds like infrastructure-building, an ambitious laying down of the gauntlet.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

And if Dupont can swim rings around Doris and co again on Thursday, Ireland will struggle to stop France from laying down an early marker.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth