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lap

noun as in orbit, circuit

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verb as in slosh, wash against

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The Australian McLaren driver crashed out of the race in Baku on the first lap after jumping the start and falling to the back.

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A woman has started an attempt to run a lap of Cornwall to honour her mother and raise awareness of Alzheimer's.

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After a few laps, they settled on the center line and smiled at the product of their work.

"These comments are lapped up and regurgitated on a near-daily basis as talking points without any real balance."

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As a sort of victory lap, Karma went straight to the top of the US charts - making them the first band in history to debut at number one with each of their first seven albums.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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