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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

Sadly, the $2,000 payment the 82-year-old mother made to her neighbor for clearing her garage is symptomatic of a lapse in judgment about the basic concepts of money, value and reasonableness, compounded by emotion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

In the wake of the attacks, Sri Lankan authorities pointed to a "major intelligence lapse".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

In “Shadow Before the Flame,” Ms. Katz rectifies that lapse with an account of the airship’s final trans-Atlantic flight and its fiery end at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

After 1808, Congress possessed the authority to do what it wished; then all constitutional restraints would lapse.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Aging often makes itself visible in familiar ways, from gray hair and wrinkles to lapses in memory.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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,” Leonard’s statement read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

His defence advocate, Thomas Ross KC, said Brown been affected by mental health issues since he was a young, but had not helped himself by "lapses" in taking medication.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

The decline came as folks dropped their coverage after enhanced federal subsidies lapsed at the start of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

The rhododendron leaves grew wide and green and when their color was at its deepest and waxiest, they suddenly surrendered it and lapsed into limp yellow hearts.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

But Mr. Blaževičius depicts with a deadpan ruthlessness the pull of complacency, the ease of lapsing back into lives full of compromise and myopia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

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

“There’s a black man with brains gone to bed,” Malcolm X told me once, briefly lapsing into his old vernacular.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey