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Example sentences for: leapt

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One leapt onto the president's moving limousine to shield Jackie Kennedy, while another, Rufus Youngblood, gained fame for covering Vice President Lyndon Johnson's body with his own.
The number of Gamblers Anonymous chapters in Oregon has leapt from three to 30 since video poker was introduced in 1992.
David, I agree with you about Chloë Sevigny, and thank you, too, for singling out Reese Witherspoon, playing the pathological goody-goody in Election , as one of the year's best performances; your description of her leaps and bounds brought back images that match any this year for memorability: the scene where she's alone in the hallway, bouncing higher than a pogo stick, her feet kicked way back behind her in unison as she leapt.
Fortunately, her readers leapt in to educate her.
Along with that came news that unit labor costs leapt 3.8 percent in the second quarter, after a minuscule 0.8 percent increase in the first.