lapse
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Quinn and Daniels both took responsibility for the lapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The newly uncovered lapse took place in 2024 when a longtime researcher in the Fed’s international-finance division, who hasn’t been identified, was retiring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The summit’s most lamentable lapse was its failure to take even a small step toward putting guardrails on artificial intelligence.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
An MSP who faced ridicule over a blunder at a Holyrood committee has said she suffered a "momentary lapse" brought on by lack of sleep and a chest infection.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
My lapse in standing was the misfortune of being from the nouveau pauvre side of what passed for an elegant family there in the Pittsburgh of the South.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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Venu Srinivasan, vice-chairman of Tata Trusts and a nominee director on Tata Sons' board, has sought a probe into alleged governance lapses at some trusts.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
This morning, we bring you new reporting on the multicountry security lapses that preceded the attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But the debate has shifted to safety in recent weeks, after security lapses sparked calls from some industry leaders for development of the technology to be slowed down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle and regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family,” the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
To be sure, the language, to say nothing of all this solid globe, will survive such lapses.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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A previous planning application lodged with Leeds City Council which has since lapsed proposed the site could be repurposed into a hotel, restaurant and car park.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
But the CBP had said in a court filing this week that the pause had lapsed on September 30 and work would soon resume.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Federal agents are using flight manifests to arrest travelers with lapsed visas, drawing objections over safety and protocol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But when they lapsed at the end of 2025, the average subsidized enrollee’s cost to keep the same plan jumped about 114%.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
She lapsed into “melancholia,” a sweet name for depression.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
“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
But the more immediate task was to keep government spending from lapsing this week.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
Grown-ups flinch like misbehaving kids, guiltily lapsing into silence.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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