leapfrog

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Recent Examples of leapfrog Consider the surprise box office hit Terrifier 3, which with its $18 million opening weekend leapfrogged Joker: Folie à Deux on that film’s second weekend. Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025 Two goals from Santiago Giménez and one from Ayase Ueda secured the famous win for Feyenoord who now leapfrogs Bayern, sitting 11th in the table. Ben Church, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025 Too many defenseman prospects had leapfrogged him in the last couple of years. Scott Powers, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 This shift presents an exciting opportunity for African candidates with green skills to leapfrog ahead and play a central role in the green talent revolution. Birgit Skarstein, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for leapfrog 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
Verb
  • He’s clearly picked up some of his dad’s classic moves on the stage, leaping and swinging his guitar neck like Excalibur.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The glow from the leaping blaze could be seen for miles around.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Cut to the two men brawling in the bowels of a derelict ship in the Miami port, where Spencer has imprisoned and ultimately attempts to drown his son to evade capture.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
  • After Shark Attack on Bahamas Vacation, the Victims, 1 with 'Shredded' Foot, Speak Out In the actual video, Wells also apologized for his expletive-laden reaction while still attempting to evade the predator.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Trail Blazers were going to trade Ayton at the trade deadline, opening up the yellow brick road for Clingan to skip his way to fantasy wizardry merrily, yeah?
    Stan Son, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
  • While Colin Jost noted that there probably was time, Murray moved right along, skipping Colin Jost entirely and putting his brother Brian Doyle-Murray in the top spot.
    Melissa Locker, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • How can leaders bridge their AI knowledge gap quickly enough to avoid costly mistakes?
    Jason Wingard, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Traveling in infected wild birds, the virus took off and jumped over to North America in late 2021.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The consumer sentiment report, from the University of Michigan, said people’s expectations for inflation over the next 12 months jumped from 3.3% earlier this year to 4.3% in February, the highest since November 2023.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • With Christopher Nkunku dropping deep to receive the ball, Cole Palmer, thanks to Reece James pushing into midfield, escapes the clutches of Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood — a situation that rarely came about in the 70 minutes before that — to find space.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo when an unknown vandal cut open the mesh of his enclosure.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • However, La Jolla’s unique topography — bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and canyons to the east — doesn’t leave a lot ways in or out, and several involve taking the often-congested Torrey Pines Road.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • That district mostly lies east of Calumet Road and is bounded to the north by Indian Boundary Road and the Indiana Toll Road to the south.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There are probably only two clubs in the Premier League who badly need an elite striker and might be in a position to offer Kane a place in the 2025-26 Champions League and a crack at winning the trophies that eluded him at Tottenham Hotspur.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • By the numbers: One requirement that eluded Nashville in the past was its stock of hotel rooms.
    Nate Rau, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025

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