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Bouchier wafted unnecessarily outside the off stump, Heather Knight played around a straight one from Sayali Satghare for six and Jones suffered a lapse in concentration to prod spinner Sneh Rana to short leg.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The video led lawmakers in Quebec to vote unanimously to demand Rousseau’s resignation, and Carney at the time said Rousseau and the company’s board should be held accountable for a lapse in judgment and compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

“This was an inexcusable violation of your privacy and our friendship and I am prepared to face whatever consequences will come from this tremendous lapse in judgment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where at the slightest lapse someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion?

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

The loopholes have been glaring at the Ram temple, with the accused reportedly taking advantage of weak counting processes and surveillance lapses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 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

McConnell, for example, has a history of public episodes — freezing mid-sentence, apparent cognitive lapses — that the press reports on in the moment and then allows to fade into the background.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

I’d had close friends go through devastating breakups, brought on by small problems left unattended or lapses in communication that led eventually to irreparable rifts.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The life insurance company likely has no obligation to pay a lapsed policy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

He suggested the country would charge ships crossing the key passage after the 60-day period in the agreement had lapsed.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

“The mother superior would never believe me. It’s a nest of lapsed bats here. But I wanted you to know the truth.”

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Washington Metro demonstrated how a public work can be both infrastructure and symbol without lapsing into overblown architectural propaganda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

“Labyrinth” is fortified with trompe l’oeil wonders, but none are as powerful as a dream sequence resulting from Sarah lapsing into a hallucination after she bites into an enchanted peach.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

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

From New York Times ● May 9, 2024

I guessed I'd resolved the soul and sin thing by lapsing from my heavy-duty Catholic background, giving up my immortal soul for a blues kind of soul.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez