Example Sentences

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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

Bitcoin had leapt on Monday before giving up gains after BlackRock denied a report that it had won approval for a bitcoin exchange traded fund.

From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2023

In 1830, there were 900 newspapers in the nation, but by 1850, that number had leapt to over 2,500, with an annual circulation of half a billion.

From Slate • May 27, 2022

Dozens of squirrels, Zane noticed as his vision began to clear, had leapt out from the trees, and they were swarming into the road in order to .

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff