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stays

/ ٱɪ /

plural noun

  1. rarecorsets with bones in them

  2. a position of a sailing vessel relative to the wind so that the sails are luffing or aback Compare irons

  3. (of a sailing vessel) to fail to come about

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The manager of Touch and Glow Car Wash in Whittier instead stays outside, where his workers are, keeping his eyes peeled for approaching vehicles.

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In “El Dorado Drive,” however, the focus is on adults, and the past mostly stays in the past.

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Where shelters do exist, she says, "they are few, poorly maintained, and often not suited for prolonged stays".

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My protagonist and I both grew up with a “what happens in this house stays in this house” mentality.

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The council's order will create car-only parking bays, without a time limit to enable longer stays, as well as time-restricted bays for disabled badge holders.

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