elapse
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You may even die before those nearly two decades elapse, so you would have lost out on all that extra loot.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
But the repercussions will reverberate for some time: at least 12 months must elapse from the last case to regain the important fever-free status.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
"It therefore seems likely that many years will elapse before any such Crispr-based therapy becomes routine - even assuming that it can be shown to be effective."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
They also face obstacles such as states’ statutes of limitations that may elapse before the patients sour on their transitions.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The principle had been discovered; but many, many years were to elapse before that principle was usefully applied.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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As the pair do some sightseeing, share meals and otherwise fill their days with prosaic acts, more than 30 minutes of screen time elapses in what amounts to stage-setting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Disciplinary complaints against a lawyer actually have no statute of limitations, although the more time that elapses, the more difficult it will be to prove/investigate.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
They want the debate to occur inside a TV studio, with microphones that automatically cut off when a speaker’s time limit elapses.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
MPs have a time limit to vote during a division and doorkeepers are instructed to lock the doors to the voting lobby once this elapses.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
Yet another full month elapses, and already the first glad thought of spring is filling every breast, before he really brings himself to speak upon the dreaded subject.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
As time elapsed, Sand’s rate of production never slacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
If a full 30 minutes has elapsed, the supporters can go back to their seats and players will have a short warm-up.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
IHR said Mohammadi had 20 days to appeal under the law but warned there had in the past been cases of people being executed before this period elapsed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
By the time the agents shoved me into that unmarked SUV, three minutes and 30 seconds had elapsed.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
A stopwatch starts ticking from 0:00.00 and only reaches 0:01.00 after a second has elapsed.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The back-to-back turnovers dropped the Bengals win probability from 83.8% to 8.2% with only seconds of game time elapsing, according to the NFL’s modeling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
With years often elapsing between the incident and inquest, Alexander said inquests often open wounds and “re-traumatize” the families.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
"When the time starts elapsing because you can't get to someone, we know their outcomes will be worse - and that really gets to us."
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
“That time elapsing, in itself, really showed us our own shame.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
The time elapsing between eating the implicated food and the onset of the earliest symptoms is usually between twelve and forty-eight hours, but may be much less.
From Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan
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