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Word: lapped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final swimmers came in for the last lap they were almost even. In the final lunge, the difference between us and them was only...

Author: By Ian R. Condry, | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...nightgown that laces up to her chin. The next evening, however, after her first tryst with Guilford, she gaily parades around in front of her husband and the servants dressed in nothing but her shift and bawdily sporting Guilford's great riding boots before she plunks herself into his lap for kiss and a cuddle...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Legendary Love Story | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

...just beginning to relax and enjoy my drink when the plane lurched violently up and to the right, causing the man next to me to dump his Bloody Mary in my lap. I did not have time to scream or react in any way before the plane jerked down to the left, causing a stewardess to fall across the row of seats in front...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Thanks for the Blues | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

...promotion hasn't been exactly tame: horses, helicopters, even parachutists descending from the skies onto the banks of the Thames with bottles of Beaujolais lashed to their plummeting bodies. A well-greased media lap it up every time...

Author: By Richard J. Howells, | Title: Trendy Tippling | 12/2/1985 | See Source »

...When you're racing, when you're riding with someone, if you've managed to break away, it's like you're teammates. You work together a lot," Berggren said. "In the last lap, though, you hate each other. But then after the race, you're friends again. Ann's beaten me twice. Now we're even...

Author: By Timothy L. Feng, | Title: Sophomore Earns U.S. Title In Women's Collegiate Cycling | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

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