laid
Americanverb
verb
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- well-laid adjective
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"A lot of butterflies will have laid their eggs last spring and summer on plant material," Hussey said.
From BBC
On stage in Manchester, he laid those ghosts to rest.
From BBC
Assuring him they were acting as private citizens, they sat around his long conference table and laid out their vision for the resort’s future.
Life in Iran is currently governed by the laws he laid down.
From BBC
Rubio also "laid out the situation" and consulted with the same leaders on Tuesday in an hour-long briefing, the US official said.
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