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 authority said both of these extensions had been used and the current contract would lapse in March 2027.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I don’t think you ought to see things like that,” he said, making haste to transfer from Lenina herself to the surrounding circumstances the blame for any past or possible future lapse from perfection.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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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
“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.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The cases described, on the other hand, were predisposed to gross lapses in reality contact and extreme weakness in impulse control during periods of heightened tension and disorganization.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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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 drop came as people dropped plans that in some cases started costing them twice as much 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
They came at night, wakened him, and then lapsed into silence, leaving him in fear and perplexity.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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This hasn’t survived two centuries of bloody revolution, lapsing religious faith and the catastrophic first half of the 20th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
Since Tuesday’s deadline passed — lapsing without the Dodgers landing any of the big-name players they pursued over the previous week — the club is now 5-1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
“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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