How to Use lie off in a Sentence
lie off
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Yet one of the first things Iger did was lay off 7,000 workers.
—Vulture, 12 July 2023
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The ships are now lying off Agnadores awaiting to shoot over the hills into the city.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
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The trade deadline is past, but the sprint to the finish still lies off on the horizon of September.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
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Maybe investors will be content with 5% yields this time around and lay off the stock market for a while.
—Ben Carlson, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
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Then Raso drilled home a second in the 70th after Emily van Egmond’s lay off in the box.
—James Robson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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According to the job description, the offshore platform will lie off the coast of Brownsville, Texas.
—Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2020
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Many are believed to lie off San Diego and will be the focus of searches in upcoming years.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
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The tough-love bandmate who tells her to stop chewing out her fellow musicians and lay off the booze.
—Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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But things remained dicey; LaFleur had to close every store and showroom and lay off all store workers.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
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In many ways, this sums up the magic of the island of Tasmania, which lies off Australia’s southern coast.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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Spieth and Thomas were 2 down with 2 to go, their backs against the wall and the situation was made worse by an amazingly bad lie off the 17th green.
—USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
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These conditions forced the company to cut back on spending and lay off about 20 percent of its staff.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
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That could mean continuing to raise prices, cut staff hours, or lay off employees.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 May 2024
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Acemoglu: Firms often lay off less-skilled workers and try to increase the employment of skilled workers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Seeing Trout lay off, Ohtani opted for his fastball to work into a more favorable count.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
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Fairfax plans to close the school in January and lay off staff, according to a company statement.
—Mike Reicher, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023
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Then mortgage demand dropped off faster than lenders could cut costs and lay off staff, leading to losses across the industry, according to MBA.
—Ben Eisen, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2023
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As a cost-cutting move, some streaming services also lay off the writing staff once filming begins.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2023
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Many of these organizations and agencies now expect to have to close locations, lay off staff and cut back on services.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
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Related Stories Peltz dropped that first run at Disney after Iger pledged to slash costs and lay off thousands of employees.
—Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2024
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Oshima lies off the western coast of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
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The union said earlier this month it was angered by a company proposal that would close breweries and lay off workers.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
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Many business owners began this year bracing for the worst — expecting to slash budgets and lay off employees.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
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That’s because in most downturns, as Americans start to pull back on spending, restaurants, hotels and retailers lay off waves of workers.
—Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
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That’s because in most downturns, as Americans start to pull back on spending, restaurants, hotels, and retailers lay off waves of workers.
—Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
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Demand waned last year as consumers pulled back on spending and several freight brokers have been forced to also reduce spending and lay off workers.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
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Enrollment dropped because of long lockdowns, and child care centers were forced to slash expenses and furlough or lay off employees.
—Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
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Businesses would cut back on investment and lay off workers, Strain predicted, and consumers would pull back on spending.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
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Virgin Orbit is out of money and will suspend operations and lay off most employees.
—Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2023
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As a result, their stocks have declined as such companies lay off significant numbers of workers.
—Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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