leapfrogs

verb

present tense third-person singular of leapfrog
1
as in leaps

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as in evades

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrogs
  1. leaps
  2. evades
  3. skips
  4. avoids
  5. jumps
  6. escapes
  7. bounces
  8. eludes
Verb
  • In the scene where the Brits show up at Lasso’s house in Kansas, Sudeikis leaps over a flower bed and kicks his heels up in the air.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If Mitchell’s resolution to his script’s dangling questions feels somewhat rote, a graceful epilogue leaps several decades forward to end matters on an interesting, unexpected note.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of leaps
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  • This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of evades
Verb
  • The Kremlin is also likely to make sure that the mobilization effort largely skips over the capital and other large cities, and instead focuses on poorer areas.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
  • Instead, this version skips the herbs entirely and leans on lemon and almonds for flavor and ricotta cheese for body.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2026
Definition of skips
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  • That avoids causing a political and economic problem from rising Treasury yields.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The new movie follows 28 years later, as Sally bakes cakes and avoids men, while Gilly attracts men named Chad on Tinder.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of avoids
Verb
  • Chris Waugh and George Caulkin highlighted areas of progress, but there was also a line that, looking back, jumps off the page.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That jumps from his previous $45 million average and pushes him to the top of the quarterback market.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of jumps
Verb
  • Odysseus blinds the Cyclops and escapes Circe with the help of a magic herb, but not before losing some of his men.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This week's quiz spotlights summer escapes and remarkable love stories.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of escapes
Verb
  • When an account doesn’t have enough money, the check bounces.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • As Warner begins to ponder the effects of time, his son runs and bounces through the living room, swerving around the breakfast he’s being coaxed to eat.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of bounces
Verb
  • Although Futterman adeptly surveys tennis’s stressors, the shape of the crisis that tennis faces, and its stakes, eludes him.
    — Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • But in the country’s 250th year, many Americans feel the goal, a milestone of adulthood and a marker of financial success, eludes them.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 28 June 2026
Definition of eludes
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