flap
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That’s clearly targeting a customer who is now priced out of flap bags selling for $10,000 and up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Why are people in such a flap about pigeons?
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
One fortune, written on the inside of a flap, said, “You will meet a new cat!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
In this North Carolina town, Shibumis, lightweight shade structures that flap in the wind like giant flags flown horizontally, are everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
After another few seconds, I tear my eyes from the billowing flap and walk away.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
The minuscule yet distinctly humanoid figure of a fairy flaps its wings as it flies into the ancient ruins of a bygone kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
SCHERERVILLE, Ind.—An American flag big enough to cover two school buses flaps over a Steak ’n Shake location southeast of Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Airbus investigated this incident and found that space weather had corrupted data in an elevator aileron computer which sends commands to the plane's flaps.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
His sign flaps in the wind, then detaches and is sucked out the window.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
A string of miniature national flags flapped in the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Rew flapped at the ball gloved down the leg side off Archer, much to the displeasure of the bowler.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Thai flags flapped in the breeze and barbed wire lay scattered in Klong Paeng, another border village on the Thai military trip.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
A U.S. flag flapped on a pole just above a Hanwha company flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Long-necked waterbirds flapped around the canoe as we pulled in, trying to pick off fish, and I realized they were nesting near our mooring post.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
SHANGRI-LA, China—When China’s masses want to experience the Tibet of chanting, crimson-robed monks and prayer flags flapping in the wind, they don’t go to Tibet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
This newer design has larger flapping wings that support more agile flight.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
When the BBC visited the airbase at Keflavik this month, fighter jets were taking off, and the Stars and Stripes was flapping alongside the Belgian tricolour and Nato flags.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Shortly before 11:30 a.m., one of the two famous eaglets — later identified as Sandy — was flapping her wings on a branch just outside the nest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Up on the Speaking Stump, Turkey Vulture was hissing and flapping with more energy than ever.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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