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Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.

After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.

It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers.

I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.

Sometimes, the underlying layers are exposed by erosion, revealing the story of the rocks like an open book.

mired in layers of deceit

Right above the database access layer sits a number cruncher that performs any calculations that a particular request may require, such as computing a standard deviation. In many cases, this layer just forwards raw numbers.

Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.

If fortune ever favoured any venturesome layer of bets, Tom Elliot was certainly the one that day.

As for which hen we'll cull for next Sunday's dinner, we certainly won't eat Henrietta yet — she's still a prime layer.

When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers.

“Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.” “Yes, and replaced them with pullets that will be layers,” Ma guessed. “It would be Mrs. Boast all over. A more generous woman never lived.”

We keep a flock of layers and flock of broilers.