lapse
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“The recovery has already survived three shocks: the squeeze on the Red Sea route, the lapse of the U.S.-Iran MoU, and the September attack on the East-West pipeline,” analysts at Kpler said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
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
The security lapse has been addressed, but it is a reminder of the heavy dominance on Chinese supply chains.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
But what if, for me, Bo is a high point and, for him, I’m a lapse in judgment?
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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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
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
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 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
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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
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
“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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