lap

Example Sentences

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The mixed team relay sees teams of one man and one woman completing four alternate laps of the course, with two ascents and two descents per lap.

From BBC

“It just kind of fell into my lap and I was really good at it. I stuck it out and worked hard and here I am a Winter Olympian.”

From Los Angeles Times

After a neck and neck race with Korea, in which the Italians briefly took the lead but were overtaken on the penultimate lap, the hosts took silver and Fontana got her medal.

From BBC

Wingstop management has characterized the decline as cyclical rather than structural, noting that part of the weakness stemmed from lapping two years of exceptionally strong results.

From Barron's

Take a slow lap sometime — even if you have no intention of buying anything that day.

From Salon