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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  • With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Those transactions are still shaking out, while some of the propoertis have gone vacant and have lost access to utilities.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 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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  • Maddy Rivard, public relations specialist for Life Time, said Thursday the Big Sugar Classic is one of more than 30 running and cycling events Life Time owns and operates across the country.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But against Cleveland – who was without a viable quarterback option in London – Minnesota allowed Quinshon Judkins to run for 110 yards.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 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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  • By then Carolina had extended its advantage to two thanks again to Jarvis, who capitalized on the visitors’ third power play – hooking by Jackson LaCombe – with a one-time wrist shot from the right circle for his sixth goal of the season.
    Josh Gross, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • McGee led me through moves like Pilates 100s, crunches with rows, and full crunches (with my legs extended).
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • There were three distance options -- 20, 50 and 100 kilometers -- that led riders north up in and around the Bella Vista area before bringing them back to downtown Bentonville.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers, led by Jong-Hwa Shon, designed a prototype that uses riboflavin as an electron mediator.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Lain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lain. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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