re-laid
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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The track has proved much more reliable than last year, when it had just been re-laid to host an F1 race for the first time since 2011 and was too slippery.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
The pitch was recently re-laid and the Irish found during Friday’s final practice that it appears to cut up too easily.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
Today, the house is getting new roofs, and the centuries-old paving stones are being re-laid in the courtyard.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2018
A much bigger, longer term problem is the slow erosion of the underlying road structure, which has been repeatedly patched up, rather than completely re-laid.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2014
These told them nothing, and presently they restored the chamber in every particular, re-laid and nailed the carpet, and placed each article as it had stood when they arrived.
From The Grey Room by Phillpotts, Eden
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