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For signs of stress, also watch Italy, whose bond yield premium over Germany this week has gaped wider and is at the highest since last October.

From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2021

Many an American has gaped at the spectacle, tried to find words for it�and discovered that he had no tongue.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is a volcanic rent in the earth's surface, a broad chasm which has gaped and never closed up.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George