lapping

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Lapping up the pomp as Masters champion is what every golfers wants, but it also comes with more interviews, more presentations and - potentially - more distractions.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Last week, we spoke to Kirsten Lapping, from Cwmbran, whose partner was waiting 17 hours with head pains in A&E at The Grange hospital.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

Lapping the other runners at Oslo's Bislet Stadium, he clocked in at 27 min.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lapping up the adulation of her new post as high priestess, Irma is none too happy when Sam takes sick and the mission board orders the couple home for a rest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slowly and slowly those grey streams glide, Drifting along with a languid motion, Lapping the reed-beds on either side, Wending their way to the Northern Ocean.

From Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)