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Example sentences for: laid

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However, a later annex sent by Aziz laid out several conditions for the resumption of weapons inspections--including the lifting of the oil embargo on Iraq.
The solemnly monumental hemicycle of the Piazza del Plebiscito was laid out by Napoleon’s marshal Joachim Murat, when as King of Naples, he occupied the Spaniards’ Palazzo Reale on the east side of the piazza.
The paper, known as the "velvet coffin" because of its high pay and cushy working conditions, had not laid off reporters for decades.
Coll's vision for the Post , also laid out in a Pugwash speech, sounds like a description of the New New York Times : "[T]he future of the Post depends mightily on our ability to excel at enterprise journalism--on our ability to think more creatively, to tear the skin off of our subjects more often, to write better, to go deeper, to be more alive, to make more of a difference to readers."
1, giving priority in hiring to staff laid off from the current office.