The decision not to devote a section to the civil rights movement is a major lapse that has left big holes in the book.

Even airlines and other aviation companies that commit major lapses seldom face criminal charges.

Mr. Stone doesn't have to announce his meaning (though he eventually does, in the film's only major lapse of judgment).

That was a major lapse for him.

The one major lapse in "The Wedding" involves Lute.

For a book that purports to be the canonical exposé of a shameful episode in the history of science, this is a major lapse.

I'd be misleading you, nonetheless, if I didn't point out two major lapses in the merriment.

"The decision has some major logical lapses," Mr. Lipson said.

He hadn't thought his taste could suffer such a major lapse.

Now three short of the longest losing streak in their history, the Rangers played a game full of misdirected energy and major lapses.