as in to spread (out)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie back
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Queue up that Academy Award–winning film, kick back in your pool lounger, and press play on an unforgettable time.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025 -
There are 57 rooms, three dining venues, a legendary afternoon tea in the Garden Courtyard, and plush lounges where guests can kick back and relax all day.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
10 July 2025
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Wear wide-leg linen pants out to dinner, to the beach, while lounging around the house, or even to the office.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 July 2025
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Out back, the yard is anchored by a 75-foot heated saltwater pool, with plenty of surrounding deck space for lounging under an umbrella.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
17 July 2025
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See it In Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, workers discovered a collection of gold, silver and bronze items hidden beneath a reclining Buddha statue at Wat Dhammachak Semaram temple.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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In his final post, Whyte reclined in a striped blue beach chair and panned the camera up to reveal the crowd of beachgoers behind him and his pastel pink swimsuit.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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Anton slouches beside her, draped in an inverness cape, brandishing a cigarette and smirking beneath a rogue’s mustache.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Otherwise, they are destined to be remembered as useless and timid wimps as the U.S. was slouching toward a dictatorship.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Security camera footage outside the clinic in the central Gaza city of Deir al Balah showed about a dozen people squatting in front of the clinic when a projectile explodes a few yards away, leaving bodies scattered.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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So now these eight foreign fiends are in Djibouti, squatting in a shipping container on the U.S. Naval base there, guarded by 11 ICE agents who’d like to be home for Independence Day.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
2 July 2025
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Luckily, there’s no shortage of top pool accessories to shop online that straddle the line between luxe and useable, while lasting for many seasons of warm-weather fun.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
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Hakimi’s protagonist straddles the thin line between reality and fantasy, between cultures and languages, between hunting and being hunted.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Snow mushroom delivers a big hit of hydration, helping to plump and smooth crepey skin so your eyes look lifted, firmer, and more awake.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Glamour,
23 July 2025
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There are hundreds surging in: run-of=the-mill cops, detectives and sheriffs, and wives in their own uniform — pearls, skimmer dresses and earrings plump as Christmas tree baubles.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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This also helps explain how MLB plopped the Expos, who were in receivership at the time, into nearby Washington, D.C.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
17 July 2025
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Her daughter sat at her desk with Sparks plopped on top.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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