laze
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Jay makes scrambled eggs and bagels for us, then we talk about what’s going to happen that day, and laze around until lunchtime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
Now 16, Pebbles does not tend to go after the wildlife so much, preferring to laze around campus waiting to be fed by staff.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
The unsinkable otters laze buoyant on their backs in the pounding white water, and the seabirds hover and settle gently on the point of a rock in the gale, balancing on thin bare legs.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
No one was seriously hurt in that laze either.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
In the meantime, it was extremely pleasant to laze in Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham’s kitchen after a vigorous day’s work.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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He peeks down from behind half-moon spectacles in one shot, strums a guitar in the next and lazes alongside an illustrated frog in a field of flowers and mushrooms in another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
The trail ends unceremoniously at an asphalt road, across which the Colorado River lazes by, along the path of least resistance, unbothered by whatever obstacles rise in its path.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
She works long hours, parties or lazes in her down time, and tries not to think about her mother's recent death.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2021
He sleeps in the bathtub and lazes about.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 2018
A minute later, he lazes across the classroom in his robe toward the door—he moves like glue.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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A couple of hundred bison lazed on the flat, close enough for us to study, alert to our presence, wild enough to muster a few snorts, but mostly unbothered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A seal or two lazed at a distance — perhaps already full?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
Rushees lazed about, trying their best to appear nonchalant and indifferent to the outcome of their social futures.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
On Thursday, as the surf crashed and gulls wheeled nearby, dozens of the beach’s newest inhabitants lazed in the sun, filling the air with purrs and honks, barks and grunts.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2019
Some lazed under shade trees; others tossed a ball and chased one another past flowerbeds exploding with color.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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He previously suffered a leg injury that left him with a limp and has apparently adapted his lifestyle, preferring to spend his time lazing on a rock, rather than fighting with fellow bears.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Despite the government's warnings, the mood appeared relaxed on Tel Aviv's seafront, with bronzed bodies lazing under beach umbrellas.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Hill highlights that this trend isn't just about lazing around but instead serves as a means to normalize the importance of rest in our lives.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
On a summer day in 1965, two pals, Bill Bell and Joel Pritchard, returned home after golfing to find their kids lazing around with nothing to do.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
Once, in a vision, instead of working, I am lazing in a soft furrow of our milpita, gazing up into the endless sky at a hawk.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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James and the Giant Peach
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