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lapse

[laps] / læps /






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Quinn and Daniels both took responsibility for the lapse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

If a judge faults an environmental review, agencies could correct the purported lapse rather than restart the permitting process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

Now this was a daring thing, almost enough to make up for his earlier lapse of nerve.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Mr. Barofsky accused Mr. Fain of scapegoating and retaliating against the secretary-treasurer for the apparent financial lapses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

These analyses aim to gauge the capabilities of autonomous AI tools, as their lapses fuel fears of losing control over the technology.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 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

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

“When he began to talk again, it was with greater precision. And now his lapses are very few. His corrections and apologies are very prompt. And his good humor is unfailing.”

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

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 SK affiliate managing the company headquarters accused Roh’s art center of illegally occupying the space in 2023, citing a lapsed rental contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Jon, who is a lapsed Lutheran from Niagara Falls, thought we should go there for our honeymoon.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

But a failure to address the lapsing credits is expected to result in sticker shock across the state and the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

They all mourned Rocky that way, by slipping, lapsing into the plans he had for college and for his football career.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko


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