lapped
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Amazon MGM Studios’ “Verity,” starring Anne Hathaway, easily lapped “Digger,” coming in first at the domestic box office with a haul of $32.6 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The closest he came was with two laps to go as Verstappen stumbled over some lapped cars, but despite a mistake at Turn Five, the Dutchman was able to hold on.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Investors lapped up mining companies, housebuilders, packaging providers, tech names, and banks,” he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The country was rocked by the Watergate fallout, but its citizens also lapped up the gossip — like Rovere hoped to do with what little tidbits made it to Woodward and Bernstein’s book.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
The house in which Victor lived and worked stood close to a canal; so close, in fact, that the water lapped against its walls.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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