leapt
Example Sentences
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The spread of its 10-year bonds has leapt nearly half-a-percentage point since being issued on June 23.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Argentine number 10 leapt for a ball with England goalkeeper Peter Shilton but, somehow unnoticed, he opted to punch the ball into the empty net.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
But Fery - as he has done all week - refused to be put away and leapt into the air in celebration after forcing a decider.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Burden’s words leapt from the page to hyperbolic social mythmaking of near financial ruin at the hands of a dastardly husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Fig leapt to the floor and paced at the closed bedroom door.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
