lapse

Example Sentences

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The almost six-week funding lapse has seen knock-on disruption at US airports.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Passengers were also waiting longer to pass security due to "staffing impacts" from a federal funding lapse, it said last week.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

With his mind busy on Iran, Trump could perhaps have been excused for another lapse when it came to Irish politics.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

If that site opens, ICE would let the contract for East Montana lapse, the officials familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Any error or lapse in judgment, we knew, would be magnified, read as something more than what it was.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama