1
as in applying
to put a layer of on a surface
she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel
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as in employing
chiefly British
to provide with a paying job
lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District
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Neel said many community members have made preparations in anticipation of the ruling, including applying for asylum.
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Woman applying estrogen patch during hormone therapy.
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California is among the largest markets for freight trucking, employing more than 130,000 drivers.
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Though Olson had no defensive chances, the incident highlighted the extreme measures the Braves are employing to navigate their extensive injury woes and depth limitations this season.
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The strain already appears to be spreading to other hormone replacement therapies, with ASHP recently listing several estradiol creams and progesterone pills, which are given alongside estrogen, as being in shortage.
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The result is a cloud consumption model that becomes difficult to forecast once AI adoption starts spreading across teams.
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Twice last month, people in South Korea taking an exam to assess their English language skills - the results of which are often used to make hiring decisions - were caught using smart glasses.
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He is accused of not checking work authorizations before hiring laborers, according to the Post.
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At the entrance of Kollparay, Quispe pauses, taking my hands and smearing them with soil—the soil of her village.
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This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.
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Some teachers received more than $4,000 in bonuses for recruiting students for trips.
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Phase 3 Study 304 data in men is expected in the second half of 2026, and Phase 3 Study 306 in women is actively recruiting.
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After realizing the market didn’t offer anything that met the demand for even basic machine learning workloads to operate their products, the team began laying the groundwork for its first TPU.
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Seth took control by catching a leaping Breakker and laying him out with a powerbomb.
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There is less emphasis on taking on the creative burden himself.
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Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth.
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“Laying on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laying%20on. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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