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as in spreads
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 employs
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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While no poultry or other species are currently affected, and Australia's international disease-free status holds, experts warn of severe consequences if the virus spreads to freshwater ducks.
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The most notable change occurred in 2025 with the addition of a 48-inch panoramic display that spreads across the entire dashboard.
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The company employs over 240 people and offers a range of aviation maintenance, training, and operational services in addition to its airtanker program.
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Antares Nuclear’s Mark-0 employs sodium heat pipes that passively transfer heat away from the reactor core without using power.
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Lee is also getting in on the Prime Day fun with 35% off select items for Lee rewards members (the discount applies automatically in your cart when signed in) and 20% off for non-members with promo code TAKE25.
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The same applies to outdoor essentials like sprinkler systems, hoses, string lights, and yard decor.
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Exposing city taxpayers to potential liability when CVI hires return to their past ways, which is known to happen, is extraordinarily misguided.
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An organization that hires for potential and then assigns only narrow, low-risk work has not given potential a chance to prove itself.
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This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.
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On Wednesday, the president signed a memorandum of understanding with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that lays the groundwork for a 60-day ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and further negotiations on core issues, including Iran’s nuclear program.
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Curtis plays Violet Olvido, a journalist who begins investigating a string of killings linked to a shadowy international outsourcing company that recruits remote workers across the Philippines.
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According to an article in Nature Reviews Psychology, seeing others in pain often recruits the same brain systems as feeling pain ourselves, and can be distressing, especially for highly empathetic people.
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This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.
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The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.
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The winner of that game takes on the winner of a match between Canada and South Africa on July 4 in Houston.
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Some of the 32 students will head to Boston Stadium on Friday, as Norway takes on France in one of the premier contests on the entire World Cup slate to date.
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“Lays on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20on. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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