Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...FOOLISHNESS of the claim that TV is intrinsically bad is so obvious to me that I am tempted to ignore it altogether. But the willingness with which otherwise thoughtful people lap up the assertion compels me to point out its flaws...
...fatal morning, Veronica had awakened feverish and vomiting. So as the family drove home after a trip to the grocery store, her mother cradled the fretful toddler in her lap, hoping to soothe her. Rodriguez, 30, was traveling only 10 m.p.h. when he hit the van. Usually, cases of heedless driving and failure to strap in a child are treated as traffic violations...
Honestly, almost no Currierite would now want to live in any other house, River or otherwise. Why would they? River houses are dirty, rat-infested, small, cramped, and just too old to admire after a month or two of watching chunks of plaster fall onto your lap from the ceiling everyday...
Maupiti is very quiet. In fact, it's uncannily quiet. It is possible to walk for an hour or more along the narrow dirt road that runs along the coastline without hearing any sound other than the slow lap of waves on the rocks. (No beaches, of course...
...Quayle and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney wore tuxedoes, having come from a dinner for visiting Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Cheney had removed his eyeglasses and was absentmindedly chewing one end of the frames. Like everyone else, he was studying a pair of freshly copied documents in his lap...