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lap

[lap] / læp /
NOUN
orbit, circuit
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He apologised over team radio on the slowing-down lap, referring to it as "my call".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Hamilton stayed less than 1.5secs behind Leclerc from lap 25 until lap 32, before starting to drop back.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Norris went for a gap at Turn Five on the final lap.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The images they captured included a front-seat passenger holding a small child on their lap without a seatbelt and a driver holding a mobile phone with both hands.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

But two weeks ago, running one slow lap around the nature trail would have seemed like nothing to me, and last Tuesday, it was a capital A achievement.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Amazon MGM Studios’ “Verity,” starring Anne Hathaway, easily lapped “Digger,” coming in first at the domestic box office with a haul of $32.6 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The closest he came was with two laps to go as Verstappen stumbled over some lapped cars, but despite a mistake at Turn Five, the Dutchman was able to hold on.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

In Batroun, a northern coastal city home to the ruins of a small Roman amphitheatre, an archaeologist was surrounded by tools and papers, documenting the latest finds as waves lapped rocks nearby.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

The country was rocked by the Watergate fallout, but its citizens also lapped up the gossip — like Rovere hoped to do with what little tidbits made it to Woodward and Bernstein’s book.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

He was quite fat and his bloated stomach always lapped over his belt.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The stretch of track along the San Clemente shoreline has long offered picturesque views of sandy beaches and lapping ocean waves for passengers traveling between Los Angeles and San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Traffic cones have been placed around the crater, and AFP reported that waves pounding the sea front can be seen "lapping in the hole and rushing out again under the stanchions that support the home".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Three-time Masters champion Gary Player might turn 91 later this year, but on Wednesday he was still high-kicking his way around Augusta and lapping up another chance to play in front of the patrons.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

Now, she’s drinking hot beverages—and even has her dogs lapping up warm water, which she said has cured her dog Coco’s stomach issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

We stood on the shore, the water lapping near our feet.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys




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