1
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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2
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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The conditions increase the possibility of transmitting the disease, which spreads through close contact with bodily fluids of the sick and deceased such as sweat, blood, feces and vomit.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026 -
For health workers on the front line of Congo's Ebola outbreak, the work has become harder as the disease spreads faster than their current treatment capacity.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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The startup currently employs 150 people.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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New jobs in Cabarrus County The Concord location employs 19 people with four open positions.—
Claire Harutunian,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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Sacramento consistently ranks among the most diverse cities in the country, and that applies across all stripes.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Extra time only applies to the games in the round of 32, round of 16, the quarterfinals, semifinals, third-place match and the final.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Simone hires Zoe as her assistant, in what appears to be a dream job.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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When her father hires a young bodyguard to protect her, the disparate personalities can’t help but find themselves, well, drawn to each other.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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That evening, Beth pays Beulah a visit and lays all her cards on the table.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Rather, screwworm infestations begin when a female fly lays eggs on a wound or body opening.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The two-year entry level training program recruits recent college graduates for positions nationwide and overseas including the Corps’ Europe and Pacific locations.—
Brandi Bufford,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Forming each letter recruits the brain in ways tapping a key doesn’t.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
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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.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Now, Cage takes on his first leading television role in Prime Video’s Spider-Noir.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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Insiders offered a couple of different takes on Anderson’s relationship with Wrigley.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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“Lays on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20on. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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