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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
waylay .
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Examples
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Which waylays his own quest for redemption as he's forced to face his victims.
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It just won't be for sale on a schedule that waylays good, old-fashioned diplomacy.
U.S.-Sino Relations: Finally a Calm Hand on the Rudder? 2010
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It just won't be for sale on a schedule that waylays good, old-fashioned diplomacy.
Eric C. Anderson: U.S.-Sino Relations: Finally a Calm Hand on the Rudder? 2010
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This clear narrative brings charm and calm to what could be a muddled tale, and waylays any criticism of ballet being an elitist art form.
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A dragon waylays them, and Prince Conn ends up in the lair of a serpent girl, but realises her seduction in time.
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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He waylays my son on his journey to London, dismisses the men from Wales who were loyal to him and to me, arrests my brother Anthony, my son Richard Grey, and our cousin Thomas Vaughan, and takes Edward into his so-called safekeeping.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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A dragon waylays them, and Prince Conn ends up in the lair of a serpent girl, but realises her seduction in time.
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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He waylays my son on his journey to London, dismisses the men from Wales who were loyal to him and to me, arrests my brother Anthony, my son Richard Grey, and our cousin Thomas Vaughan, and takes Edward into his so-called safekeeping.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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He waylays my son on his journey to London, dismisses the men from Wales who were loyal to him and to me, arrests my brother Anthony, my son Richard Grey, and our cousin Thomas Vaughan, and takes Edward into his so-called safekeeping.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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As the convivial residents file out of the lounge, one slender and spry lady waylays me.
Grace Babakhanian: Campaign Journal: New York Seniors Remember the Great Depression 2008
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