had leapt
- past perfect of leap.
Example Sentences
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But underneath was a simmering social and economic crisis: Unemployment had risen only slightly, but underemployment had leapt from 8% to 14%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
He described the relative speeds of pandemic-era development as like "interstellar travelling -- inside, China had leapt forwards while outside, global carmakers lagged".
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
For a few hours, the story had leapt off the screen into something tangible — proof that the right song, room and people can make all the difference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
By 2020, they had leapt to $161 billion but Africa only accounted for 2.6% of that.
From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2022
As once a double shadow had leapt up against a mountainside, now a similarly conjoined shadow moved across the back porch of the house on Hurlbut.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
