lie next to
Example Sentences
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No digging is required here; super-sized bones lie next to the shoreline, washed out from the rock and cleaned by the flowing water, just waiting to be picked up.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
And partly it derives from “Significant Other” dealing with common preoccupations: Do we ever fully know who we lie next to?
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023
In other words, why would Congress exclude wetlands that lie next to nearby waters—but do not flow straight into them—when these wetlands have a major impact on the quality of those waters?
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2022
Carcasses of birds and a small rabbit lie next to flower arrangements in lyrical funerary arrays, and a diptych shows the withering of dogweed leaves over just two days.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
I hope they lie next to each other.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
