lapse
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The authority said both of these extensions had been used and the current contract would lapse in March 2027.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The three-month lapse in data is the longest delay seen in years, said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Last fall’s record-long government shutdown prevented it from publishing any inflation statistics at all in October, an unprecedented lapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Kroencke, a medic, approached the woman and attempted to soothe her, concerned that she might lapse into shock.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
His eyes were wild, his jaw clenched in acute restraint, yet he didn’t lapse from his perfect articulation.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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While issues persist across the park, from their profligacy in front of goal to their inability to penetrate organised defences, their continued defense lapses will undoubtedly be a growing cause for concern.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“This pattern indicates broader problems in the facility’s health care delivery system rather than occasional lapses in care,” Anandkumar said in his report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
These lapses and dead spots matter because the movie is a farce that depends on keeping its momentum; instead, it has a stop-start quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Your memory lapses aren’t unlike someone who’s had a stroke and is slowly recovering,” he says.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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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
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
We lapsed into silence, staring across the street at my neighbor’s bright green lawn.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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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
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
But the more immediate task was to keep government spending from lapsing this week.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
“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
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