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He was believed to be a cheerfully overweight, somewhat enigmatic British chap with a delightfully macabre sense of humor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

As an honest broker from the moderate left, notwithstanding his Trump fixation, Mr. Traub may be the chap to get the message across.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

She described her brother as a "gregarious chap" with a "very warm personality" and "infectious laugh".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

“Well,” said Joe, glancing up at the Dutch clock, “she’s been on the Ram-page, this last spell, about five minutes, Pip. She’s a-coming! Get behind the door, old chap, and have the jack-towel betwixt you.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

“Before agreeing to leave, he gave us the chaps he didn’t know how to use.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

The three-hour extravaganza of chaps and cowboy boots has been lauded for its high-energy and artistry, and has delighted fans with appearances by Beyoncé and Jay-Z's daughters, Blue, 13, and Rumi, aged eight.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

“The chaps there, we call them,” he said, a term I had never heard for chapines — Guatemalans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

But while on a ride in Idyllwild, I found these assless chaps, and I don’t think I’ll ever sell these ones, because I think this is the one piece that actually comes full circle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

"I say. You don't know what it's meant to me to have you chaps up here."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

The third day of the fire, he woke up with a runny nose, sore throat and chapped lips, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

I know people are chapped about start/stop systems, which cycle engines off and on when the vehicle is not moving, in order to save fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

"They just went to a random door and chapped it."

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

But what has chapped the angry user base seems to be not the A.I. but the unintelligible changes to the platform’s user interface.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

I would meet her saying, “Mother, forgive. Please forgive,” and she would kiss my skin till it grew chapped and tell me I was not to blame.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Applying a thick layer of lip balm with moisturizing ingredients like petrolatum or shea butter before bedtime will also nourish your lips and prevent chapping, Rogers said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

For dry lips, plain petroleum jelly is an effective and cheap way to prevent chapping, Burkemper said.

From US News ● Feb. 20, 2016

They secrete oil to cleanse the nipple opening and prevent chapping and cracking of the nipple during breastfeeding.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The wicked, chapping gusts are not expected until afternoon.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013

In the winter he used oil to prevent chapping, and he kept the cuticles pushed down and his nails always filed to the shape of his finger-tips.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers