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[flap] / flæp /




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That’s clearly targeting a customer who is now priced out of flap bags selling for $10,000 and up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The tidal flap first broke in the spring of 2024.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The lesson: In summit planning, there is no detail too small to become a diplomatic flap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

The flap could become one of the first major challenges for Disney Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro, who succeeded Bob Iger last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

He flipped the envelope over and ripped open the flap.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The minuscule yet distinctly humanoid figure of a fairy flaps its wings as it flies into the ancient ruins of a bygone kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

They spoke to each other through the meal flaps in their doors on the high security unit.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

But flaps have flared up in the last lap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Because as each goose flaps its wings, it creates an updraft for the following bird.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Rudder wouldn’t let me sideslip, and even at low speed with flaps down and no power the blasted thing wanted to stick its nose up.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

A string of miniature national flags flapped in the wind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Rew flapped at the ball gloved down the leg side off Archer, much to the displeasure of the bowler.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Tide tables have become the stuff of national interest, and rare moments when the exhausted whale has blown water or flapped its fin have warranted breaking news bulletins.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

They’re getting louder, the echoes from 2002, when Lakers flags flapped above car doors all over L.A., and for a third consecutive year, residents paraded, gleeful and triumphant, with another championship to celebrate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

The ends of his long cloak flapped in the breeze.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Understanding these compromises could also lead to improvements in aviation technology, particularly drones and other robotic aircraft that use flapping wings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Norwegian flag is seen flapping through a window when the mother is told: “We are here to take the children, Lisbet. All of them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Floating" is how he describes people working relentlessly just to survive, like a hummingbird that keeps flapping its wings to stay mid-air.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The speed of my spinning nunchucks wasn’t nearly as fearsome as the flapping of my upper arm flab.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

His whole body careened first right, then left; he was like a bony little bird flapping out of control.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles


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