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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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Another woman from Tehran said she leapt out of bed when she heard an explosion at 5:55 a.m. one morning last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Shares that had been struggling to keep up suddenly leapt ahead.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 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

They leapt around their stalls, careful not to topple the freestanding dunes of spice powders, and hugged him.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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