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leapt

American  
[lept, leept] / lɛpt, lipt /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of leap.

leapt British  
/ lɛpt, liːpt /

verb

  1. a past tense and past participle of leap

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Clint Carter was enjoying the sunshine and gentle rocking of the boat when a 30-pound fish leapt out of the Louisiana water and smashed into his chest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A measure of prices, meanwhile, leapt to a three-year high in a sign of budding inflation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Oil prices leapt to nearly $110 a barrel after Iranian media reported an airstrike hitting a facility on the world's largest natural gas field.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Another thorny moment came when the Irish premier leapt to the defense of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Wolf leapt after it, and Torak followed, but he hadn’t, gone far when the wind threw him against solid ice.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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