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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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He leapt at the chance to become one of the faces of the Heathrow campaign and describes the moment his parents saw the posters at the airport as "one of the highlights of my life".

From BBC

Meanwhile, business spending on software leapt 11% in the fourth quarter of last year from a year earlier, the fastest in nearly three years.

From The Wall Street Journal

The stock leapt 51% to a record high over the six months starting last April.

From Barron's

Last year India leapt to third place -- overtaking South Korea and Japan -- in an annual global ranking of AI competitiveness calculated by Stanford University researchers.

From Barron's

Many athletes leapt to Hess' defence, including Gu: "As someone who's been caught in the crossfire before, I feel sorry for the athletes".

From BBC

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