lap
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So, for instance, the virtual safety car lasts at least one full lap.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
And the lap is not the worst of it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
A new movie has them doing a victory lap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
But one never came, and Leclerc had to pit eventually, on lap 48 with nine to go.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The older ones sat on the floor around him, the smallest ones climbed into his lap.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Sainz said he had "no idea I was trying to get lapped", he "didn't expect" Piastri to be there, and it was "impossible to avoid it".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Investors lapped up mining companies, housebuilders, packaging providers, tech names, and banks,” he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
As the sea lapped around him, he balanced himself on a rock and cast a fishing line into the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 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
Until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped up against the front of the garage while George Wilson rocked himself back and forth on the couch inside.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
After taking the lead when Norris made an error on the first lap, there was some bad luck involved in Piastri losing the lead to Norris, when he was delayed lapping Carlos Sainz's Williams.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even as some of America’s young voters are lapping up Mamdani, others are inventing artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
But it was summertime, so in a drowsy, lackadaisical frame of mind, Duane followed the shoreline of the Cold, Cold Ocean, paying no attention to anything other than the sound of the gentle lapping water.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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