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[rap] / ræp /






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Prosecutors have also named Knight, although it's unclear if the rap empresario will testify, as he's previously said he would not.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Yet for Uefa, and a few other national associations, the rap sheet is now too long.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Despite their bad rap, many megamergers have fared reasonably well.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

That viral collision of rap and country changed everything.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

There was a sharp rap at the door, and it opened, the visitor not waiting to be invited in.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

The artist reached out to the crowd as he rapped in Spanish, fans jumping and raising their phones to take pictures and document the moment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

“Daddy AF” was the first time I ever rapped on a song and that felt so good so I continued it.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

He rapped about the hardships of Nepali farmers in his politically conscious song—“Prashna,” meaning “Question”—over a gritty, Wu-Tang Clan-style beat.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

The Tottenham rapper paced up and down the stage as he rapped alongside Drake on their track Only You Freestyle.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

Matthias rapped out a curt command, “Leave us, mice. Go back to your duties on the wall.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Even megastar Bruno Mars joins in on the fun, gamely rapping the cowbell on “Never Wanna Lose You.”

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

So I wrote songs, I started rapping to entertain myself.

From BBC May 28, 2026

But the nonchalance of the sapphic romance portrayed in the video for 2025’s “First Luv,” and the ferocious rapping of “Shagidi” show this is an ambitious band with influence and inventiveness, too.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

"I'm getting up and doing a wee bit of rapping, so I am," he told BBC News NI.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

When rap was born, the early rap stars were not rapping about gangsta life, but “My Adidas” and good times in the ’hood in tunes like “Rapper’s Delight.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

It is, nonetheless, unforgettable entertainment and season 2 will still render a viewer rapt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

It's now 24 years since Rhona Martin delivered the Stone of Destiny in Salt Lake City, watched by millions of rapt viewers at dark o'clock in the UK.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

He told the CBC that it took hundreds of attempts to capture these slow-burning masterworks, and all these years later, hygge-seekers remain rapt.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2025

I found it on Prime Video and burned through the first season that same night, rapt by the rock star family being unapologetically bonkers and undeniably watchable like it was 2002 again.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2025

Celia listens with rapt attention as he describes the entire process, asking questions about the technical aspects as well as the creative ones.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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