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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay back
Verb
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Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air every time someone walks across them.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air if you only dry sweep.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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As catcher Dillon Dingler got down in his catching stance, Hinch squatted and leaned against a fence off to the side.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Her wedge of baked Alaska slouched on the plate like a children’s book illustration meant to convey sadness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Silk pajama pants slouched over Wales Bonner loafers.—
Tyler Matthew Oyer
Feb. 27,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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In 2012, before his second big-league season, reliever Jared Hughes sat in front of his computer, plopped a pile of W-2s on the table and opened his tax filing software.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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His approach shot bounced in front of the green, took a left turn and plopped into the pond, leaving quiet ripples across the water.—
Doug Ferguson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Nearby, people and their dogs who had moved into the shelter for the duration of the war lounged on air mattresses, scrolling through their phones.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Just days after hard-launching her relationship with French filmmaker Romain Gavras, EmRata lounged in a plunging plush white robe while wearing nothing but some sparkling loud luxury accessories.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Her husband then climbed on top of her and straddled her with his legs across her waist.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Another is the rise in millennials, straddled by student loan debt and lower wages than their parents, moving out later or moving back home after school.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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He was plunked before a piano at age 3 and could play by ear by 5.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Steer ended up getting plunked on Thursday, retribution for his Jomboy-worthy fracas.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Lay back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20back. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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