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As the sea lapped around him, he balanced himself on a rock and cast a fishing line into the sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The country was rocked by the Watergate fallout, but its citizens also lapped up the gossip — like Rovere hoped to do with what little tidbits made it to Woodward and Bernstein’s book.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Chip makers, cloud giants, and even energy stocks have lapped up much of the attention in the artificial-intelligence trade.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Last summer, the development team lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife test track in a mind-bending 6:49.275, thumping not a few half-million-dollar exotics in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Cool water lapped around him, the darkness almost total.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi