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[rap] / ræp /






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But that territorial dispute spread through the airwaves as part of a bigger national rivalry - East Coast vs West Coast rap.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Yet for Uefa, and a few other national associations, the rap sheet is now too long.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Despite their bad rap, many megamergers have fared reasonably well.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

I listen to a lot of rap and trap, so there’s a little more of myself in this.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Another is memorizing lyrics to a rap song.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

He sometimes rapped his jokes, thrived at improvising and roasted celebrities with sharp punches, leaving them in splits.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

In 2017, he rapped the court for dodging a California law restricting concealed-carry permits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

He rapped alongside Tupac Shakur in hip-hop groups Outlawz and Thug Life in the ’90s and continued to release music after his stepbrother’s death.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

“Daddy AF” was the first time I ever rapped on a song and that felt so good so I continued it.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

I went up the path then before I could change my mind, rapped hard on the door, and stepped back.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

"We were playing instruments, they were rapping and playing their instruments," she said.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Even megastar Bruno Mars joins in on the fun, gamely rapping the cowbell on “Never Wanna Lose You.”

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

So I wrote songs, I started rapping to entertain myself.

From BBC May 28, 2026

Lindo starts rapping on the wood table separating us and doesn’t stop until I ask if he’s a man given to superstition.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

“You too,” he says, rapping on the glass with his knuckles.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

In Chandler and Pierre, “Lanterns” has an extraordinary pairing that sustains enough frustration, humor, passion and regret to keep us rapt through the episodes provided for review.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The tears, Sherman reassured her rapt audience, were “largely exhaustion.”

From Slate May 1, 2026

It's now 24 years since Rhona Martin delivered the Stone of Destiny in Salt Lake City, watched by millions of rapt viewers at dark o'clock in the UK.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

My daughters shared popcorn and watched with rapt attention as the contestants vying for Matt James’s heart made their grand entrances from a limousine.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

The interest lies solely in the seemingly insignificant subject and in the sense of enchantment imparted by the children’s rapt attention to the moment.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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