flap

Example Sentences

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Then in the second session, Russell ended up third fastest behind Antonelli and Leclerc after he suffered a broken front wing flap.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The flap concerns the analysis we told you about last week by four economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

"Therefore, getting a cat flap is proving a little bit difficult."

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Instead, it uses a modified version of Cas9 that cuts just one of the complementary strands, opening up a flap where a new sequence can be inserted.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2025

I look back just in time to see him flap his arms.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera