Word: laid
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...diamond ring scoring $770,000 from an anonymous buyer. Among the less eternal items, which nevertheless sold big during the auction of Monroe memorabilia, were a makeup case (with used cosmetics), which sold for $266,000, and six pictures of her dog that fetched $222,500. Singer Mariah Carey laid out $660,000 for a piano, and designer Tommy Hilfiger ponied up $112,000 for jeans and cowboy boots. The sale's highest price went to an item with perhaps the least to show for itself: owners of a collectibles shop paid nearly $1.3 million for the all-but-bare...
...past the cross and got me out of position a little bit," Prestifilippo said. "I laid back and I was fortunate to make the save...
...ball was just laid across for me on the free kick," Weed said. "I don't know if it was goalie error, I just kicked it really hard and it went through...
That plays to local resentment of federal agents, which is running high, in part because almost everybody will suffer from the bank's shutdown. The town government has already laid off a third of its workers, including the town manager, and is down to two police officers. During the town-council meeting last Thursday, Cherry, who is also mayor, doubled her fists and vowed that if anyone tried to make her resign her city post, "I'll give 'em some knuckle puddin'." She had a request for the council. Now that she has lost her job and her $4 million...
...Because the timpani is often so dramatic an element, composers tend to use it sparingly. It's not unusual for Beaver and Ganksheim to sit counting off seventy measures of silence. This doesn't seem to bother them, however. They feel that this downtime helps foster a healthy, laid-back community of percussionists. And of course, if they get hungry they can always cook up a delicious ragout...