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The vice president’s words sound good — like a rap on the knuckles of the tech billionaires who can’t stop claiming they’re building doomsday devices.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

I realise that he has to take the rap for the results, but the real truth is that at the moment his players simply aren't very good.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Prenuptial agreements, better known as prenups, have historically gotten a bad rap.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Singers like D’Angelo and Maxwell and rap acts including Common and the Roots were also part of the scene, but like many creative people Ms. Badu disliked being pigeonholed and rejected the label.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I need to do more, and the only thing I know to do is rap.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

His one pop hit, “Loser,” was built upon a slide-guitar riff and a breakbeat; verses were rapped; and the chorus, a mix of English and Spanish, was a singalong rock anthem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He rapped alongside Tupac Shakur in hip-hop groups Outlawz and Thug Life in the ’90s and continued to release music after his stepbrother’s death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The video shows that Trickett rapped several times on the door, with Zou looking on.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 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

Judge Carlson reached for his gavel but both Burton and Devlin were gone from the courtroom before it rapped on the desk.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

He started rapping as a hobby when he was 10 and was making beats on his computer at 13.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

By the end of last year, EsDeeKid's monthly listens on Spotify had "skyrocketed", external, which Dazed said had "half of Europe rapping in his distinctive scouse accent".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Drug testing officials, rapping on the hotel doors of Pogacar and rival Jonas Vingegaard, in the middle of the night, deep REM time, reportedly with permission from a French judge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

I know it’s not Theo, I know he wouldn’t do that right now, and sure enough, Aunt Tess’s voice immediately follows the rapping.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

In Chandler and Pierre, “Lanterns” has an extraordinary pairing that sustains enough frustration, humor, passion and regret to keep us rapt through the episodes provided for review.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Was he too rapt by his proximity to the most powerful man in the world?

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 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

Manuel Alarcon, her father, was seated in the crowd, clasping his hands in rapt attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

She gazed at Mrs. Coulter with awe, and listened rapt and silent to her tales of igloo building, of seal hunting, of negotiating with the Lapland witches.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman