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as in splashes
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the creek lapped along through the ravine before collecting in the pond
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as in overlaps
to lie over parts of one another
the armadillo's plates lap tightly so as to form a protective shield
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as in wraps
to surround or cover closely
this recording of the symphony is sure to lap listeners in stereophonic bliss
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Recent Examples of laps
Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The 44-year-old driver revealed how those last few laps went so quickly as his car supported him in executing a different strategy.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
If the plan is to film trail runs, moto rides, beach days, or ski laps without battery anxiety or fiddly menus, this price gets you straight to recording and sharing.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
The camera was only capable of recording two laps, anyway.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
Everyone was trying to balance their dessert plates on their laps, when my 8-year-old niece dropped an entire piece of chocolate cake on the rug.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
His 243 laps led are still the most in a NASCAR race since 2000, when Jeff Burton led all 300 laps in a victory at New Hampshire.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
One to two of these selections per day pair perfectly with feet-in-the-sand beach reads and laps in the infinity pool.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
And just like in sports, there were some nailbiting finishes, a few major upsets and a whole lot of victory laps to take.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
In the middle of it all is a vast pool which looks like a large lake as it is seamlessly set into the ground and laps onto a sandy beach where pink flamingos gather.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Water laps at the shore and paddleboarders and kayakers pull up behind the stage to groove to the tunes.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
There’s a version of Rosebud Baker’s special The Mother Lode that leans much further into its premise and takes more victory laps about the cuteness of its central idea.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
And last December, some 100 runners ran laps around a World War II-era bunker in the United Kingdom, in the country’s first underground marathon.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 29 July 2025
Noun
Verstappen dominated Sunday’s main race, leading Leclerc and Norris out of Turn 1 and building an insurmountable 10-second lead after 20 of the race’s 56 laps.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The 44-year-old driver revealed how those last few laps went so quickly as his car supported him in executing a different strategy.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
If the plan is to film trail runs, moto rides, beach days, or ski laps without battery anxiety or fiddly menus, this price gets you straight to recording and sharing.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
The camera was only capable of recording two laps, anyway.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
Everyone was trying to balance their dessert plates on their laps, when my 8-year-old niece dropped an entire piece of chocolate cake on the rug.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
His 243 laps led are still the most in a NASCAR race since 2000, when Jeff Burton led all 300 laps in a victory at New Hampshire.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Probably nobody really took it that personally, but all the victory laps she’s been taking over the last two years felt incomplete — like a lap-ette — without a proper major SoCal show to celebrate her ascendance into the pop firmament.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
One to two of these selections per day pair perfectly with feet-in-the-sand beach reads and laps in the infinity pool.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
And just like in sports, there were some nailbiting finishes, a few major upsets and a whole lot of victory laps to take.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
In the middle of it all is a vast pool which looks like a large lake as it is seamlessly set into the ground and laps onto a sandy beach where pink flamingos gather.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Water laps at the shore and paddleboarders and kayakers pull up behind the stage to groove to the tunes.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
There’s a version of Rosebud Baker’s special The Mother Lode that leans much further into its premise and takes more victory laps about the cuteness of its central idea.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
And last December, some 100 runners ran laps around a World War II-era bunker in the United Kingdom, in the country’s first underground marathon.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 29 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laps
legs
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Among the injuries the child suffered, Hestrin said, were a partial bone fracture of the skull, a brain hemorrhage and injuries to the ribs and legs.—
Madeline Morrison,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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Their gentle warm-up then transitions into a dynamic aerial exercise, where both robots lift their legs into the air and perform a twist.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Laps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laps. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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