flap

Example Sentences

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An airline spokesman said the move isn’t linked to the language flap, rather the 68-year-old “has reached a natural retirement age.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"Therefore, getting a cat flap is proving a little bit difficult."

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

You can cover external keyholes and add a flap or brush to your letterbox, or hang a door curtain.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

This opens a small flap in the DNA where a new, corrected sequence can be inserted, guided by an RNA template.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2025

Nobody is in the back, either, where undershirts flap on a clothing line and a garden bed, dirt and weeds in November, sits waiting to be readied for spring.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse