lapping
Example Sentences
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GameStop attributed the revenue decline to lapping the Nintendo Switch 2 launch and store closures from divesting its France operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In college, my worldly roommate, her Exeter sophistication lapping my sheltered convent education, introduced me to the saccharin-infused Pepsi Light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Antonelli and Hamilton started chasing back towards Verstappen, but they were delayed while lapping Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Three-time Masters champion Gary Player might turn 91 later this year, but on Wednesday he was still high-kicking his way around Augusta and lapping up another chance to play in front of the patrons.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Where before the green dale had lain, its grassy slopes lapping the ever-mounting hills, there now a forest loomed.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
