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Recent Examples of leapfrog
Yet all those players have leapfrogged Korchinski while he was stuck in Rockford for most of the year.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Not only are the homes in the development protected from fire leapfrogging from lot to lot, but other neighborhoods nearby are safer too.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
With the win, the No. 7 Magic (36-39) clinched their spot in the NBA Play-In Tournament and leapfrogged the No. 8 Hawks (35-38) in the East standings.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
Such a nation would leapfrog to the top of the world’s nations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Not only are the homes in the development protected from fire leapfrogging from lot to lot, but other neighborhoods nearby are safer too.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
With the win, the No. 7 Magic (36-39) clinched their spot in the NBA Play-In Tournament and leapfrogged the No. 8 Hawks (35-38) in the East standings.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
Such a nation would leapfrog to the top of the world’s nations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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In similar circumstances, Andy Pilgrim sued Fire & Blood Productions for £200,000 ($267,000) in 2019, claiming to have suffered a career-limiting ankle break after leaping through a collapsing wall as a zombie warrior on Season 5’s Hardhome.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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To test explosive power, the researchers used a countermovement jump (CMJ), which simply involves squatting down then leaping as high as possible in a single motion.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
19 May 2025
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Engineered to evade interception by U.S. defenses such as THAAD, the missile presents a direct challenge to Western military dominance and poses a potential threat to regional allies like Israel.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Vita's Ukrainian mother (my grandmother) survived as an orphan for two years under German occupation and barely evaded being carted off to Germany to work as a forced laborer.—
Sasha Vasilyuk,
Time,
8 May 2025
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How to save on your Walt Disney World trip Stowell recommends that people trying to save some money plan ahead and skip the parks during holiday weekends and go during the off-season instead.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Anyone walking away with par will be thrilled and skip on over to 18.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Make sure to maintain an upright torso and avoid leaning forward or backward.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
13 May 2025
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In March, Honda had reportedly decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, Reuters reported.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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The Fame returns to the top 40 on the Official Albums chart, jumping from No. 48 to No. 37.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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There’s plenty of video on social media showing hundreds of carp jumping into boats on various rivers, including the mighty Mississippi.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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An Army spokesman on Thursday confirmed that two inmates tried to escape late last month.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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Though their time together was fleeting, her daughter Teresa, who is going to unintentionally enter the same dangerous environment her mother once escaped, will live with the effects.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Greatest Hits reappears on one of the four lists on which it’s featured, bounding back onto the Official Albums Sales chart at No. 86.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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But exciting structures can emerge from pushing away from that single ideal and exploring, for example, postmodern architecture, where buildings can have aspects that are not strictly bounded by their function.—
Charlie Wood,
Quanta Magazine,
9 May 2025
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Suddenly the success that had always eluded Pavement was happening at a level never seen before.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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For months, the miniature dachshund eluded capture after disappearing during a family camping trip on Kangaroo Island, located off the coast of South Australia.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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