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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

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

Any error or lapse in judgment, we knew, would be magnified, read as something more than what it was.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

He told the BBC's Newsday programme that he had witnessed "lapses" at various border points, including with neighbouring Uganda and Tanzania, as well as at Kenyan's main airport.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

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

He was later given a four-year ban, which lapsed in July this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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

Before she can finish each one, we are told “the morning overtook Scheherazade, who lapsed into silence,” leaving the king burning to hear the rest.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

The release comes after the expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill extension on Sept. 30, 2023, leaving many programs under the bill vulnerable to lapsing as the year-end deadline approaches.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024

But the more immediate task was to keep government spending from lapsing this week.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024

“Yes, I suppose I would let them send me some if I were in your place,” he decided uncomfortably, after lapsing into troubled contemplation.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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