lapse
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Aaron Hickey – Lapse in concentration early on almost cost Scotland dear, but one vital intervention to deny Ruben Providence.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Now there’s a new contender: Lapse, a photo app with the tagline “friends not followers.”
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023
As it braced for a potential shutdown, DHS issued a 46-page document titled “Procedures Relating to a Lapse in Appropriations.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2015
They put out an album of new material, “Momentary Lapse of Reason” and toured to support it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014
Lapse of years has increased the distance and the enchantment, so that modern agitators and sentimentalists discover marvellous excellences in the native Governments of the now remote past.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William
Vocabulary lists containing lapse
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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List 4
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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