gap
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For 10 years he’s covered the gap himself, supplemented by donations and buoyed by a 2025 segment on CBS 8 San Diego that brought in $12,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The gap makes a durable dialogue—the kind that might keep the competition from spiraling into a crisis neither government is prepared to manage—a tall order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
This has the effect of closing the gap between the professional military and the civilian population.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, Google Gemini is gaining share on ChatGPT for AI services, Mahaney said, with the gap between the two narrowing to 3 percentage points among survey respondents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then he arranged his rope in a few long, loose loops that would straighten out easily as it arched over the gap.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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In rotating, players are encouraged to maintain the side's shape by swapping zones with their team-mates – filling gaps as they arise.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The WMO stressed the importance of good data to map the developments in the water cycle, warning that significants gaps remained in hard-hit areas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
“We do not dispute the gaps on several benchmarks,” Nathanson said of Gemini’s performance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the depths of Arctic winter, newly opened gaps in the ice would ordinarily freeze over again within several days.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Moss was so little, just gaps in his teeth and scabs on his knees and tangled hair and shining eyes.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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Intel gapped up 24% on April 24 following a well-received earnings report, breaking out of a bull flag.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
I gapped the tappets and points, checked the oil, flipped the choke, hit the starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Before that could even be implemented, though, the end-of-the-shutdown rally began and the market gapped higher on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
The rouble gapped down to a 15-month low in Moscow.
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023
Javier’s lighted tab file is still gapped open.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Kimberly-Clark’s acquisition of Kenvue sent the former gapping down to a key round-number level, while TreeHouse Foods is being taken out at nearly a 25% premium.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
This climate allows adhesive to dry more quickly and prevents gapping between freshly placed boards.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
When I saw there was a certain amount of wedges into greens it was better to have four because it made the gapping easier to manage.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 18, 2020
Their philosophy was to keep blockers off Urlacher with big, two gapping defensive linemen.
From Chicago Tribune ● May 24, 2013
Cade Hernandez raised his right hand in front of his chin, nodding confidently and gapping his thumb and index finger about three-fourths of an inch.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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