Example Sentences

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A rule intended to prevent rent gouging in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires has lapsed in Los Angeles County, possibly exposing some renters to hikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

That is expected to allow critical, lifesaving emergency operations to continue even though federal funding has lapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Again, you’re probably not going to want to hire someone whose registration has lapsed.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

He added that the most important goal should be for the U.S. and China to rebuild their partnership on climate change, which was key to the Paris agreement but has lapsed in recent years.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Yet I think it could be easily maintained that our century has lapsed into a shameful torpor with regard to these things.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo