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It believes the mandate will have lapsed by Tuesday - the 48-hour strike is due to start at 20:00 BST on Sunday.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

By the time the two sides can agree to something, there’s a good chance that these crucial benefits will have lapsed for at least a while.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2020

It may not matter at this point, as even the most faithful watchers will have lapsed into their own comas.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2020

Let’s hope that, when the next season begins, enough time will have lapsed off-screen that Frannie will be old enough to attend the International School of Islamabad.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014

As puny man conceives time and things, an awful cycle will have lapsed; in the sweep of the cosmic life, a pulse-beat will have throbbed.

From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith