Example Sentences

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I would have leaped to collaborate with her on any project, but fortunately nuclear Armageddon is also a preoccupation of mine.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The other common cold coronaviruses are also thought to have leaped from animals.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2024

Since Galileo’s time the physical sciences have leaped forward, explaining the workings of the tiniest quarks to the largest galaxy clusters.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023

Such fears have been most clear in the bond market, where yields have leaped this month as traders raise their forecasts for how high the Fed will take interest rates.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023

I felt as if I must have leaped back a foot.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott