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rap

[rap] / ræp /






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A sharp rap at the door makes my breath catch in my throat.

From Literature

In Los Angeles, the department’s airships are an often inescapable part of the city’s landscape, immortalized in both rap songs and Hollywood blockbusters.

From Los Angeles Times

Like last night, and every night of the past week, they found nothing that might make a strange rapping sound.

From Literature

“I think it got a bad rap because pilots never scaled and operationalized to value,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oasis’ nomination arrives in the wake of the British band’s hugely successful reunion tour, while the nod for the Wu-Tang Clan follows what the rap group called a farewell tour.

From Los Angeles Times