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Recent Examples of leapfrog
Getafe, meanwhile, could leapfrog its host with a shock win at the Camp Nou, having already banked two away wins from as many trips this term.
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Both efforts would prove successful, allowing Team World to leapfrog Team Europe on the scoreboard, ending the afternoon session with a 5-3 lead.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The Royals would have to get on an epic hot streak to leapfrog at least three teams in the standings.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Crypto startups bet that stablecoins will leapfrog both, offering instant settlement outside legacy rails.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Both efforts would prove successful, allowing Team World to leapfrog Team Europe on the scoreboard, ending the afternoon session with a 5-3 lead.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The Royals would have to get on an epic hot streak to leapfrog at least three teams in the standings.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Crypto startups bet that stablecoins will leapfrog both, offering instant settlement outside legacy rails.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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If the Quakes win and any of those three teams lose, San Jose will leap that team in the standings after accounting for tiebreakers.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Grant was dazzlingly handsome, of course, but something else about him had leapt off the screen and captured her imagination.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
12 Oct. 2025
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These treatments aim to create a renewable source of beta cells or to help maintain existing beta cells by shielding them from the immune system or enabling them to evade it.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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While stealth jets have various tricks to evade traditional radars with some success, the quantum radars might prove to be a game changer in the long run.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Curriculums teach about the laws and governmental acts in place that withheld education and advancement from the enslaved, but skip over the intellect and radical acts Black people achieved anyway.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Apple skipped a major overhaul of its Vision Pro this year, but the headset is getting a power bump with the new M5 chip, announced today alongside a new MacBook Pro and iPad Pros.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
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For those affected, avoiding even trace amounts of eggs is essential, making accurate labeling critical.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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For less hustle and bustle, busiest avoid traveling Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Each one has its own forms, emails and hoops to jump through, and many will re-add you months later.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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After Walmart released the news on Tuesday, its share price jumped 5%.—
Serenah McKay,
Arkansas Online,
15 Oct. 2025
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Most likely their presence would have forced the Americans to postpone their efforts to escape.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The dog had allegedly been wearing an electronic fence collar to prevent it from escaping its residence.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Babycatcher made a slight movement, just a twitch, and the ugliest dog anyone ever saw came bounding up behind him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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As my guide Nicolas Jeanroy preps his truffle gear, which looks like a collection of garden tools, his canine partner, Taïga, bounds up.—
Aislyn Greene,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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For more than 40 years, the person responsible for the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on Long Island has eluded capture.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Postseason results continue to elude the Brew Crew — even with seven playoff appearances in the past eight years.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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