lie over
verb
lay over; lain over; lying over; lies over
: to await disposal or attention at a later time
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The controversy lies over whether the U.S. government defied a legal court order, which would be a potential breakdown between the executive and judicial branches, NPR's Franco Ordoñez tells Up First.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025
But the tan-and-white giant was running broadside to me, and his route lay over open ground laced with rocks and caribou moss.
—Jim Tappan, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
What is the character of those who bear false witness and favor Russia’s tyrannical lies over Ukrainians’ unalienable rights?
—Mark Sandy, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The shoal lies over 500 miles from China's southernmost province, Hainan, and about 140 miles east of Luzon Island, well within the U.S. ally's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
To experience totality, where the moon completely covers the sun's disk, observers must be located within the path of totality — two-thirds of which lies over open water.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2025
To believe the facile lies over the uncomfortable truths.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
The Beyond Fest audience laughed when Carradine reacted to this lie over 40 years after the fact.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2024
Much concern lies over the genre’s low-paying and unfair contracts, which often lack residual payments and relinquish contestants’ likenesses in perpetuity.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025
But the tan-and-white giant was running broadside to me, and his route lay over open ground laced with rocks and caribou moss.
—Jim Tappan, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
What is the character of those who bear false witness and favor Russia’s tyrannical lies over Ukrainians’ unalienable rights?
—Mark Sandy, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The shoal lies over 500 miles from China's southernmost province, Hainan, and about 140 miles east of Luzon Island, well within the U.S. ally's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
To experience totality, where the moon completely covers the sun's disk, observers must be located within the path of totality — two-thirds of which lies over open water.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2025
To believe the facile lies over the uncomfortable truths.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
The Beyond Fest audience laughed when Carradine reacted to this lie over 40 years after the fact.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2024
Much concern lies over the genre’s low-paying and unfair contracts, which often lack residual payments and relinquish contestants’ likenesses in perpetuity.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Lie over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20over. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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