lie over
verb
lay over; lain over; lying over; lies over
: to await disposal or attention at a later time
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To believe the facile lies over the uncomfortable truths.
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Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
The Beyond Fest audience laughed when Carradine reacted to this lie over 40 years after the fact.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2024
Much concern lies over the genre’s low-paying and unfair contracts, which often lack residual payments and relinquish contestants’ likenesses in perpetuity.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Plate destruction and recycling Most of the Pacific Ocean and some regions of the Atlantic Ocean lie over zones called convergent margins, where tectonic plates crunch against each other.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
As a myriad of lies over fertility and infidelity ensued, the show culminated in a devastating car accident in which the couple’s young daughter Emily is believed to have been killed.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2024
The sinkhole formed at approximately 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, which lies over a limestone mine operated by New Frontier Materials, the company said in a statement to the Alton Telegraph.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 June 2024
Smith and her family lay over her son, Memphis, who’s nearly 2 years old.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
The same day that Deadline shared the news, the Disney Channel’s official Instagram account posted a close-up photo of a Wizards pilot script as a toy wand lay over it.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
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Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
The Beyond Fest audience laughed when Carradine reacted to this lie over 40 years after the fact.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2024
Much concern lies over the genre’s low-paying and unfair contracts, which often lack residual payments and relinquish contestants’ likenesses in perpetuity.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Plate destruction and recycling Most of the Pacific Ocean and some regions of the Atlantic Ocean lie over zones called convergent margins, where tectonic plates crunch against each other.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
As a myriad of lies over fertility and infidelity ensued, the show culminated in a devastating car accident in which the couple’s young daughter Emily is believed to have been killed.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2024
The sinkhole formed at approximately 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, which lies over a limestone mine operated by New Frontier Materials, the company said in a statement to the Alton Telegraph.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 June 2024
Smith and her family lay over her son, Memphis, who’s nearly 2 years old.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
The same day that Deadline shared the news, the Disney Channel’s official Instagram account posted a close-up photo of a Wizards pilot script as a toy wand lay over it.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
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“Lie over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20over. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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