lie with
verb
lay with; lain with; lying with; lies with
1
—used to say who has the blame or responsibility for something
Responsibility for the accident lies with the company.
2
literary
: to have sex with (someone)
when he first lay with her
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But the grid’s test is happening now, and for the time being the advantage is still likely to lie with technologies that are commercially mature, cost-competitive and deployable at scale.
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Elena Bou, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Mayor Johnson said Sunday that accountability cannot just lie with the teenagers in this case.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Some of the blame, Shelley argued, lies with educational institutions themselves, which have advocated for students to use AI.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Although the sticker prices seem high — $268 million at USF, $1 billion at Oklahoma — the financial liabilities and costs generally lie with developers, not schools.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Elena Bou, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Mayor Johnson said Sunday that accountability cannot just lie with the teenagers in this case.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Some of the blame, Shelley argued, lies with educational institutions themselves, which have advocated for students to use AI.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Although the sticker prices seem high — $268 million at USF, $1 billion at Oklahoma — the financial liabilities and costs generally lie with developers, not schools.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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“Lie with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20with. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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