lap
Example Sentences
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It was the lead-off single to “Parade,” the full soundtrack album to Prince’s 1986 vanity lap “Under the Cherry Moon,” in which he directed and starred, and premiered months after “Kiss” became a hit.
From Salon
The Americans are looking up in the medal standings at host nation Italy, which is on pace for its best-ever Olympics, and they have been lapped by the Norwegian gods of the Winter Games.
Now she can enjoy her Olympic victory lap.
From Los Angeles Times
She features photos from her point of view—reading in a cafe, driving with a puppy in her lap, traveling around Istanbul.
As Russell pointed out, drivers have to take the corners in ways that maximise energy use over a lap, rather than simply go as fast as they can at all times.
From BBC
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