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At a cafe near Seiffedine’s family home in Gaafour, scores of young men were lazing the day away, all dressed up in knock-off designer jeans and pleather jackets with nowhere to go.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2016

I roped in the other two guests, Felicia and Kim, who were lazing around on the beach.

From Washington Post

The mills themselves were lazing along at 82% of capacity in the third week in May, v. an average of 102% in January.

From Time Magazine Archive

The four outlaws were lazing comfortably about the ruined interior.

From Kid Wolf of Texas by Powers, Paul S. (Paul Sylvester)

Well, do ye see, we were lazing away time on board, and waiting the captain's coming before we hauled out into the stream, and so we coaxed the lad aboard.

From The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast by Ballou, Maturin Murray