gap
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No U.S. league has such a big gap between top and bottom spenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hamawy had spent time around Abdel-Rahman in the early 1990s, during the gap between graduating from Rutgers and starting medical school.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
He argues this gap raises serious concerns about AI safety.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Time is more pressing for the hope of rescheduling Bahrain in the gap that currently exists between Azerbaijan on 24-26 September and Singapore on 9-11 October.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
He sprinted to the stairs and tried to close the gap, but when he reached the ground floor, there was no sign of her.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Although gaps at some school stages had begun to close post-pandemic, the report said they were widening again in the early years and at Key Stage 4, when pupils sit their GCSEs.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
An unusual combination of wide interest-rate gaps and subdued currency volatility, Jenkins wrote in a Thursday report.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mr. McElwee has an evident interest in these perspectives as a man faced with copious footage of his dead son, and with how gaps emerge between experience and the record of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gallium later filled one of those predicted gaps.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The moon was growing again, and its milky light spilled through gaps in the tree’s canopy.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Intel gapped up 24% on April 24 following a well-received earnings report, breaking out of a bull flag.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
I gapped the tappets and points, checked the oil, flipped the choke, hit the starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Earlier this week, SPX gapped higher on the end-of-the-shutdown rally.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
The rouble gapped down to a 15-month low in Moscow.
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023
It was a hatchet; not sight but touch told him —a hatchet with a heavy worn handle and a heavy gapped rust-dulled blade.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
That setup broke out at the very round $300 level on Feb. 18, with shares gapping higher by 16%.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Barkley tallied on a 13-yard run through a gapping hole for New York’s TD.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
Seventeen sole grind/loft/bounce options offer plenty of choices for gapping and fitting to swing and turf conditions.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 15, 2019
Their philosophy was to keep blockers off Urlacher with big, two gapping defensive linemen.
From Chicago Tribune ● May 24, 2013
Cade Hernandez raised his right hand in front of his chin, nodding confidently and gapping his thumb and index finger about three-fourths of an inch.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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