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Goddard said the department let its previous operating agreement with Flock lapse last week due to lingering questions over who owns the data collected by the company’s plate readers and who has access to it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"For a period during the investigation into David Griffiths, there was lapse in communication with one of the victims and a written apology was issued," a spokeswoman said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Kroencke, a medic, approached the woman and attempted to soothe her, concerned that she might lapse into shock.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Policyholders like your husband must then either let the policy lapse or to continue coverage at a significantly higher cost.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

“You wouldn’t lapse me just because I got behind a little in my payments?”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Regulators often inquire about internal controls on information and have penalized banks when they have found lapses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

It was about more than the 4-1 score or occasionally embarrassing lapses in skill.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

The two minutes of lapses that England capitalized on proved devastating to Mexico’s long-term hopes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Contemporary nations like Iran, Armenia, and Egypt can lay claim to being built on very old civilizations, but you could point out discontinuities and lapses in sovereignty in their histories that complicate the argument.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026

Such lapses of memory were not uncommon in medical annals, he knew.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Unless there was an error by the insurer, a lapsed policy has no death benefit.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

These labels specify indications for which the patents on a branded drug have lapsed, but exclude indications for which patents are still in effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

A rule intended to prevent rent gouging in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires has lapsed in Los Angeles County, possibly exposing some renters to hikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Suozzi’s ties to The Fellowship don’t appear to have lapsed at any point, even during his year out of Congress.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

We both crack up, because we know it’s the one line even most lapsed Muslims won’t cross.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

This hasn’t survived two centuries of bloody revolution, lapsing religious faith and the catastrophic first half of the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

However, this protection comes with limited upside given that it does not eliminate the risk of either poor long-term performance or the policy lapsing.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

As a highly-touted five-star talent with NFL aspirations, he never made the switch to baseball either, his draft rights with the Dodgers lapsing after he transferred to Florida State for the 2024 football season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

It’s a gesture that keeps the film from lapsing into melodrama.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2024

When they recovered enough to make money, she would drive them to the wall, haggling them to death, lapsing into Yiddish when the going got tough.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride