rap
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She said the risks associated with their faeces gives pigeons "a bad rap", noting the birds themselves do not carry diseases.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
I’m one of the few still kvetching about rap music and why isn’t “Saturday Night Live” funny anymore?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“We had a writer from Seattle who always said the city gets a bad rap because of the rain,” Kittrell says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
"Ceuzany is capable of injecting a bit of rap into coladeira. She is just as comfortable with urban music artists as she is with traditional ones," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 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
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He sometimes rapped his jokes, thrived at improvising and roasted celebrities with sharp punches, leaving them in splits.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
In 2017, he rapped the court for dodging a California law restricting concealed-carry permits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
"Made mistakes, now I treat my career like a second child," he rapped.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
He stood there for another second, the cold catching up to his warm body, before he rapped on the door.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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Even megastar Bruno Mars joins in on the fun, gamely rapping the cowbell on “Never Wanna Lose You.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ellis started his career at the age of seven, rapping and making his own music on an Atari computer system.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Lindo starts rapping on the wood table separating us and doesn’t stop until I ask if he’s a man given to superstition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
One of its tracks, “Damascus,” features a lead vocal from Syrian singer Omar Souleyman alternating with rapping from Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Overnight, a single rapping spirit had increased to a crowd of performing ghosts.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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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
Former skipper Joe Root was equally rapt to finally get a win on Australian soil, but acknowledged it came too late with the Ashes already lost.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
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 am held rapt by Droniak’s videos for two reasons: One, they are absurd, and two, they look like so much fun.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2025
Once again I was listening with rapt terror to the lives of the saints and the martyrs, although that wasn’t really what attracted me this time.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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