leapfrogging

Definition of leapfroggingnext
present participle of leapfrog
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Verb
  • Next season will see Ten Hag skipping touchline management altogether, taking up a new role as sporting director of his boyhood club back in the Netherlands, FC Twente.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • The most common issue from skipping routine fan maintenance is dust buildup.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The match came down to him and Elijah after the latter was able to toss members of The System out of the ring while also avoiding Frankie Kazarian trying to get back into the match following his own elimination.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • That would be a mistake worth avoiding, though.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Still, Boeing’s suddenly gone from a standstill to possibly leaping ahead of its European competitor in the what will be the world’s fastest growing market.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • Only one of those came from a corner, and that was Jesse Derry’s worrying collision with Nottingham Forest’s Zach Abbott this month when leaping for a second ball.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • In the video, the e-bike riders can be seen speeidng, popping wheelies, driving on sidewalks and evading police.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
  • After years of evading international efforts to track him down, Kabuga was arrested near Paris in May 2020.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • The Crusaders wasted no time jumping ahead, scoring two runs in the first inning without a hit.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Relive your days of jumping off rope swings amid stands of cypress trees in Texas Hill Country, or simply enjoy a refreshing dip after a hike in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
    Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Scenes from this film-within-a-film play out in full, and feature Emma Mackey as a damsel escaping a hungry, humanoid fish creature, while a pair of mad scientists, played by comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, attempt to study the ravenous creature.
    Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
  • The 11-bed unit, opened in 2005, has a dedicated laboratory and HEPA-filtered, negative-pressure rooms that prevent pathogens from escaping into all patient rooms.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The other two shots were right at the rim, while the Hawkeyes hit a loping 3-pointer.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Nike Air Max 95 Big Bubble Tech updates the retro running shoe with new upper materials, eschewing the typical gradient suede construction for a no-sew synthetic build.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
  • For a time, Schoenbrun’s new film plays things relatively straight, eschewing the bright colors and black-light fluorescence of the non-binary director’s first two films.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026
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“Leapfrogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrogging. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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