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The moment the ball lept off his bat -- a scorched drive to right that rattled around the bleachers -- Outman’s typically stoic on-field demeanor immediately began to fade.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

The number of workers on strike in October likewise lept to 25,000 – a far cry from the preceding three-month average of 10,000.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2021

But he and the ball collided with Pickford, who lept out and made a brilliant save.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2018

Early in the first, Wall blew by Kyle Lowry and lept over Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas for a ferocious one-handed slam.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2018

This stream to me Sings, and in sunny ripples lingeringly The water saith 'Ah me! where have I lept?

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

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