Verb
be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter
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Elmore added a layin but the Senators wouldn't score in the game's final two minutes.—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2022 Verge tied it with a layin but was called for a technical, sending him to the bench with his fourth foul.—Jim Hoehn, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2022
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There, the groundwork for more aggressive protections against extreme temperatures were laid in 2006, when the state passed heat standards for outdoor workers — the first state in the nation to do so.—Zoya Teirstein, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024 Officers responding to reports of a shooting at an apartment in the 2000 block of Wallace Avenue on Feb. 11, 2006 found Rodriguez-Raya laying in a driveway with a gunshot wound to the back.—Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for layin
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