flap
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He explained the idea came when they had to move their cat flap and "it went to the corner of the house... which meant that he came into the house via a cupboard".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
One fortune, written on the inside of a flap, said, “You will meet a new cat!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The tidal flap first broke in the spring of 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Some beachgoers say that when they flap in the wind, Shibumis are so loud that it’s hard to hold a conversation under or even near one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
While Eilonwy chafed Gurgi’s wrists, the bard hurried to the tent flap and cautiously peered out.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
She told The Wall Street Journal that she fixed credit card-sized location trackers inside the back covers behind the dust jacket flaps of books in two separate shipments in late June and early July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
But flaps have flared up in the last lap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
An old Catalan independence flag hanging by its entrance flaps in the wind, and the sound of pigs grunting and squealing in the farm buildings can be heard in the distance.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
I parted the flaps at the rear of the tent.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
A string of miniature national flags flapped in the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Thai flags flapped in the breeze and barbed wire lay scattered in Klong Paeng, another border village on the Thai military trip.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
A U.S. flag flapped on a pole just above a Hanwha company flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
"It's blackmail," insists The Edge, the famously unflappable guitarist seeming temporarily flapped.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
Elliot asked in my ear, and I flapped him away as Salzburg stopped in front of us, a look of surprise on his face.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Others, with flapping doors and broken windows, were surely abandoned, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Floridians are flapping over what should be the state bird.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
That afternoon in 2025, with his shellacked coif flapping against his bronzed forehead in the wind, the president held up hastily-assembled poster boards bearing the names of the world’s countries and territories.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Little stone circles had been laid as impromptu memorials to the men at the site where they died, a little Palestinian flag flapping above one.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
Moorhens, ducks, and herons were walking, flapping, swimming, some trailed by their young.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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