Verb
be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter
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Noun
Anna Miller’s layin put the Crusaders up 17-7 with just over nine minutes remaining.—Jim Hoehn, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025 Big opportunity missed for the Titans, especially after Claypool converts a layin on the other end.—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Two days after the killings, a body still lay in blood on Thursday.—Pelumi Salako, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 After Lopes’ body was identified, Johnson flew in March 2024 to Colorado, where his mother’s remains lay in a brown box in a crematorium.—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for layin