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lap

[lap] / læp /
NOUN
orbit, circuit
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Additionally, the home has a den, built-in storage, curved staircase, outdoor movie pavilion, and 50-foot-long lap pool designed by Johnston Vidal.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Leave a damp towel in the fridge or freezer and apply it to your neck and chest, the top of your head and your lap for one to two minutes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Its open crumb absorbs just enough sauce to become more flavorful as it sits, while the soft crust remains easy to eat on a towel without showering your lap in shards.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The most high-profile of these was Carlos Sainz colliding with Oscar Piastri as the McLaren driver came up to lap him.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

But he’d secretly have his cell phone set on speaker phone in his lap, and he’d call Katherine, who’d be hiding out in the magazine section.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

That meant the system erroneously believed some cars had been lapped because they were not showing up on the correct timing loops, so it started showing blue flags when no-one had been lapped.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“Investors lapped up mining companies, housebuilders, packaging providers, tech names, and banks,” he added.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 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

The Americans are looking up in the medal standings at host nation Italy, which is on pace for its best-ever Olympics, and they have been lapped by the Norwegian gods of the Winter Games.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

Water and grime lapped around Nailer’s cheeks and jaw as he peered up through the gaps in the planking.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

RBC Capital analyst Logan Reich notes Domino’s is lapping the initiatives that juiced 2025—the introduction of stuffed crusts decades after Pizza Hut and its arrival on DoorDash—with no easy levers ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

They based that on the fact that once Charles Leclerc's Ferrari had pitted and Antonelli was in clear air, the Italian was lapping faster than Piastri and Russell.

From BBC Apr. 7, 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

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 Feb. 18, 2026

I still had my arms around Rowdy and was trying to dodge his lapping tongue when I saw a movement from the corner of my eye.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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