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slap

[slap] / slæp /




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Makepeace-Warne said the Isle of Man's position was "slap bang in the middle" of the temperate rainforest zone, between the western seaboard of England, Scotland, and Wales and the eastern seaboard of Ireland.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Vegas would later go down a man as well, losing Dorofeyev for much of the second period after he was drilled by a Jackson LaCombe slap shot.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

After a prolonged legal battle between Elon Musk and U.S. regulators over his past purchase of Twitter shares, the technology CEO is getting off with little more than a slap on the wrist.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

But M23 troops kept advancing even after the accord, leading the United States to condemn Rwanda and slap sanctions in March on the Rwandan military.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

She listened for birds, but there was only the light slap of water against the hull.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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