gaping

Example Sentences

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If we may: What gaping security issue are we really talking about here, anyway?

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

New York City faces a gaping hole in its budget projected at as much as $12 billion over the next two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Kin stood in the center of the barn, Anya and Ivan gaping at him, and Håkon standing next to him with his head lowered.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack