LAIN UP Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

lain up

verb

past participle of lie up

as in dropped off

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There were museums and theaters, and clubs, and the feeling that the city never slept.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
On a recent morning in the city center, Spanish police were kicking out young boys who had slept overnight on cardboard slabs, some of them bruised and bandaged.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026

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Both used the powers of their offices to block or delay a referendum campaign that turned in more than 300,000 signatures to force a statewide vote on the map.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
The pair allegedly turned in the fraudulent petitions to several petition coordinators, in order to receive payments from a petition management company.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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McGowan remembers one visit when Pearl gently rested her head in a woman’s lap at a senior facility and kept returning to her throughout the visit.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Trying to take the lead in the eighth inning, especially with closer Josh Hader rested and looming to pitch the ninth, seemed prudent.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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