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as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
a politician who had laid by his principles years ago
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as in storing
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies
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The best way to combat mosquitoes is by interrupting their life cycle, consistently dumping out containers, refreshing water in birdbaths, and adding Mosquito Dunks to wet areas that can't be easily drained.
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The first signs were his dramatic overreaction to the girls dumping Gabe.
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Google stopped storing location data on its servers in 2023 and leaves the information on individual phones now.
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Protect leather shoes and handbags by storing them in airtight containers with the silica gel pouches they are packaged with.
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There's the Battle of the Gullet in the premiere, and then everything that comes next — from Rhaenyra unloading her grief before the corpse of her eldest son to her taking the Iron Throne at King's Landing to become Westeros' new queen.
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Al Bello / Getty Images Public records show that New York City issued a permit for loading and unloading theatrical materials at MSG from June 29 to July 4.
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The Denver Nuggets still took a chance with him with the 14th pick, drafting and stashing him on the injury list for his entire rookie season.
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Best Prime Day Matching Sets for Travel One of my favorite travel hacks is wearing a wrinkle-resistant matching set on the plane and then stashing one or two in my suitcase.
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But the lawyer for suspect Iqbal Bacchus, 46, suggested Bacchus was selling wiring that the hospital was discarding.
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
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For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era.
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There are many reasons for this – not the least of which is that ditching the pilot and the cockpit itself opens up the opportunity to not only simplify the design of the aircraft, but also free up valuable cargo space and reduce weight.
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Panama can't make anything of its counter attacks and keeps losing the ball in transition.
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Sweden finished third in Group F, winning its first game by four goals and losing its second by the same margin.
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On balance, Kotlikoff warns, taking Social Security’s offer is no different from throwing away $14,000.
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Cheney is the one to blame for throwing away the budgetary sustainability that had been gained in the 1990s.
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“Laying by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laying%20by. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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