lie
Example Sentences
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Labor-market growth concentrated in few industries, and further impact from the oil shock could lie ahead.
The fiction: Rattlesnakes are lying in wait to bite humans.
From Los Angeles Times
Ingerson posted on social media that there had been a "two-year long campaign of bullying, lies, rumours and smears designed to stop my candidacy".
From BBC
Usyk is one of the best fighters out there, and on a massive platform like that it all lies on you with a shot at the belts.
From BBC
Where they diverge, and where the harder questions lie, is on inflation.
From Barron's
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