gap
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"I peeked up at the screen, saw I had a bit of a gap, and I felt great," added the Edinburgh athlete, who has been racing at Scotstoun since he was a child.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The gap between who the score covers and who actually gets hurt is the whole story.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cherry-pick pump prices and the gap is even more shocking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The gap could get even wider if the conflict persists and heating demand is high, says Fauzeya Rahman, LNG Americas editor at ICIS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Then he arranged his rope in a few long, loose loops that would straighten out easily as it arched over the gap.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Entrepreneurs are filling gaps left by traditional arms contractors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The fintech conglomerate Ant Group built an empire in the gaps between payments, banking and platform regulation before regulators halted its $37 billion IPO in 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
However, Koch argues that they deserve serious investigation because they may expose gaps in current scientific explanations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
In his pre-match media conference, Alonso expressed surprise at how well the seven academy players drafted in to fill gaps in the squad had performed in training.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
And if Finn hadn’t ridden the Night Mare, hadn’t glimpsed the gaps for himself, he would have thought Charlie was crazy.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
Before that could even be implemented, though, the end-of-the-shutdown rally began and the market gapped higher on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
The rouble gapped down to a 15-month low in Moscow.
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023
“Watch for splinters, son,” his mother warned as he walked over the gapped wooden slats to the dresser.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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
When I saw there was a certain amount of wedges into greens it was better to have four because it made the gapping easier to manage.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 18, 2020
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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