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re-laid

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[ree-layd] / riˈleɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.


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A 3.3-mile stretch of a branch line to be re-laid in Portishead, southwest England, required 79,187 pages of planning documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Istanbul track 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 far too slippery.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Back-rower CJ Stander starts the match at No. 8 for Ireland and he spoke of the terrain’s inconsistency, particularly in the way the surface was re-laid.

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

I am going to have all this green stuff taken away, and the bricks re-laid and the holes stopped up.

From The Romancers A Comedy in Three Acts by Barrett H. (Barrett Harper) Clark

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