lain

past participle of lie
1
as in gone
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the train tracks lie just over that hill

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as in hid
to remain out of sight paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout

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Verb
  • All eight of Jelly Roll’s singles promoted to country radio have now gone the distance, extending his perfect record on Country Airplay.
    Russ Penuell, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • While the Cowboys and Chiefs have gone about their usual business of scaring up impressions, last year’s ratings champs have yet to really pounce on the Nielsen dials.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Sharpe also been an organizer of Bockfest and was the development director of former local radio station WNKU.
    Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Sean Payton‘s been the Broncos head coach for just over two years now.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • Rents will run from $1,500 for studios to $3,400 for three-bedroom units, according to the release.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer’s modular design allows researchers, aid organizations, and even event organizers to adapt the trailer to their needs, regardless of whether for charging equipment, powering lights and communication devices, or running refrigeration systems.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.
    Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • Hailey Bieber extended The Row’s $890 City sandal into fall this week in Los Angeles, while Kendall Jenner wore the same style on repeat in New York.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats have demanded that the subsidies, first put in place in 2021 and extended a year later, be extended again.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • The commonwealth has been without an operational freestanding birthing center since the 1980s, said Mary Kathryn DeLodder, director of the Kentucky Birth Coalition — a grassroots organization that led the charge in advocating for legislation loosening regulations for the facilities.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When his rehab finally progressed enough over the summer to return to game action, his curiosities led him to teammate Harrison Barnes.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Lain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lain. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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