lapse

Example Sentences

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The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a staggered reduction in flights at the start of November as the funding lapse began to take its toll on air-traffic controllers.

From Barron's

Commitment could not be questioned here, but Spurs were undone by momentary lapses that always risk the ultimate punishment against PSG.

From BBC

"This was not a momentary lapse by Paul Doyle — it was a choice he made that day and it turned celebration into mayhem."

From BBC

Raised Catholic but long-since lapsed, he instead harnesses an emphatic merger of physical form and fluid red color to conjure a wholly secular vision of the body and the blood.

From Los Angeles Times

Colorful posters on the walls remind families in both English and Spanish to ensure their Medicaid insurance doesn’t lapse.

From Seattle Times