lay low
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The perception on campus is that McInnis has tried to lay low.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Maybe, they hoped, this would all pass if they stayed quiet and lay low.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025
But rather than lay low, Drake, the dominant chart-topper of the past 15 years, is coming out fighting with an "intriguing" strategy after being put in a "cultural chokehold", says crisis PR expert Mark Borkowski.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025
Marley performs the concert but jets off to London immediately thereafter, settling in to lay low and write his seminal album, “Exodus.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Fog lay low on the ground like sauna steam.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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