flap
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A medium Chanel flap bag that cost $5,800 in 2019 now goes for $11,700, for example, steering some would-be buyers toward comparatively affordable but still-coveted footwear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"The flap deployment here happened much later in the accident sequence," Rojas said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Thousands tuned in to a popular livestream set up by Friends of Big Bear Valley, to watch the juvenile eagle, nicknamed Luna, flap its wings and glide to a nearby tree for the first time.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The bitter flap about historical memory appears to have had little if any impact on business, tourism and other links between Spain and Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
“No!” he shouted to the giant, hugging the skin flap tighter despite the fact that everything about this was making him ill.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
She told The Wall Street Journal that she fixed credit card-sized location trackers inside the back covers behind the dust jacket flaps of books in two separate shipments in late June and early July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Below us sheep graze in the fields and clothes flaps on a washing line in a back garden.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
Parts of the engine appeared to explode at one stage, and flaps on the side of the rocket caught fire and swung from side-to-side.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
I stare at it as I fold a box’s side flaps and secure the tabs inside the slots.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
A string of miniature national flags flapped in the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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 much criticised Youssef Chermiti scored an extraordinary double before Kasper Schmeichel flapped at Mikey Moore's perfunctory shot.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
She shooed away a hopeful rooster and it flapped back with a squawk.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
This newer design has larger flapping wings that support more agile flight.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
When the BBC visited the airbase at Keflavik this month, fighter jets were taking off, and the Stars and Stripes was flapping alongside the Belgian tricolour and Nato flags.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In recent days, viewers were treated to the younger eagles practicing their wing flapping and preparing to make their first official flights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Floridians are flapping over what should be the state bird.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Later, Naravirala took him for a walk, riding on her muscular back, Jacques flapping alongside, up the mountain to where a stream sprang.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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