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I worried that the gang might be waiting outside to waylay me.waylay = ambush
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She waited near the exit to waylay him and learn more about the event.waylay = intercept unexpectedly to talk
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She is determined not to let any distractions waylay her progress on the project.waylay = stop (progress)
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The thief waylaid the courier and stole the valuable package.waylaid = stop unexpectedly
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The bandits planned to waylay travelers on the narrow mountain path.
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Insisting that he needed to sleep, and almost flattening the little Creevey brothers as they attempted to waylay him at the foot of the stairs, Harry managed to shake everyone off and climb up to the dormitory as fast as he could. (source)waylay = stop
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I feel if I don't get outside immediately, I'll just go ballistic, but I'm still in Special Defense when I'm waylaid by Haymitch. (source)waylaid = stopped unexpectedly
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BY NOW, DAVE Anderson had learned that the Fugees' coach had been waylaid en route to the game, and he was curious to see how the competition would fare without help from the sideline. (source)waylaid = stopped unexpectedly
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I used to hang around her school at day's end, positioning myself on park benches, in spots where I might waylay her — no, where I might have been recognized by her, though there was scant chance of that.† (source)
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I've sailed these waters for centuries, waylaying any demigods foolish enough to explore the Mare Nostrum.† (source)
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Josef waylays me outside the museum and announces I have driven him to despair: because of the way I've treated him, he is leaving Toronto forever.† (source)
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D—, I presume, is not altogether a fool, and, if not, must have anticipated these waylayings, as a matter of course.† (source)
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Told her that Cook sent us to get crowleaf from the storage room by the barracks and that Marcus waylaid us on the way back. (source)
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Which was why I didn't fret about the snippy pre-printed note Housekeeping had slid under my door (Dear Guest, we made an attempt to service your room but were unfortunately unable to gain access to...), why I was more than happy to venture into the hall in my bathrobe and waylay the chambermaid with a sinister armload of waterlogged towels —every towel in the room was soaked, I'd rolled my coat in them to help press the water out, pinkish marks on some of them that I hadn't really noticed before I — fresh towels?† (source)
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However, he'd seen some of the more prominent Vigil members waylaying kids in the corridors, checking on their sales, whispering menacingly to those who had sold only a few boxes.† (source)
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He waylays the smaller boys to punch their unprotected heads, and calls challenges after me in the open streets.† (source)
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He could not have failed to anticipate—and events have proved that he did not fail to anticipate—the waylayings to which he was subjected.† (source)
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