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lie in state

[for a dead body] to be on display for public mourning. The president will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. Mourners filed past the leader where he lay in state.

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hereafter, the funeral cortege moved out of the premises and moved along a designated route towards the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, where it will lie in state for about three hours to allow the general public and politicians to pay their last respects to the departed leader. Chopper carrying YSR's body arrives in Kadapa by Asian News International It will then leave for Franceville, where it will lie in state for an additional day before a private burial, where a mausoleum to house it could be erected, a government source told AFP. Gabon's Bongo to be buried June 18 in home region by AFP / AFP Global Edition Correct: The body will lie in state until Wednesday. Most common writing mistakes, part 2 by Solomon, Frank / Policy & Practice			lick off lick up lick wounds lickety-split licking lid lid on lie lie about lie ahead of lie alongside lie around lie at anchor lie at death's door lie back lie behind lie beyond lie doggo lie down lie down on lie down on the job lie down under lie fallow lie in lie in ruins lie in state lie in wait lie like a rug lie low lie out lie through teeth lie to lie with lie within life life after life and limb Life begins at forty life in the fast lane life in the raw life is cheap life is in hands Life is just a bowl of cherries Life is short and time is swift Life is too short Life isn't all beer and skittles life of the party Life's been good life's too short lifetime lift			lie detectors lie detectors lie detectors lie doggo lie dormant lie down lie down lie down lie down lie down Lie Down and Be Counted Lie Down and Workout lie down on lie down on the job lie down under lie fallow Lie group Lie groups lie heavy on lie heavy on lie heavy on lie heavy on lie hidden lie in lie in lie in lie in lie in Lie in Our Graves lie in ruins lie in state lie in store lie in wait lie in wait lie in wait for lie like a rug lie low lie low lie low lie near lie near to lie next to Lie of the Day lie off lie on someone lie out lie over lie over Lie subalgebra lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie to lie to lie to

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